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...Tucked inside the shock and fury was dismay at the performance of others whose job--perhaps impossible--was to prevent this from happening. There were quiet calls for the heads of CIA chief Tenet and FAA boss Jane Garvey for allowing so appalling a breach of security on their watch. And there was an equal determination to find those who were behind...
...This Administration prizes deference to the boss. Cheney, no longer a Powell fan, always fears that the general-hero could be too much his own man. He was outraged when Powell's 25-minute speech accepting his job rarely mentioned Bush in a substantive way. Cheney installed himself as overseer of defense and foreign policy portfolios, and sits in on the weekly lunches held by Rice, Rumsfeld and Powell. Lately his health and domestic issues have pulled Cheney back some. Despite his unilateralist outlook, White House aides say, the President still sees Cheney as an "honest broker," without the institutional...
...case, Jang is becoming uncomfortable with his drop-dead good looks. With his role in the megahit Friends, he is finally shedding his pretty-boy image, playing a gang boss in a tough port town. But it was the face that got him into acting, of course. On his way to and from school, reps for advertising and modeling agencies, who scour the streets for fresh faces, repeatedly handed him their business cards. His parents disapproved, urging him to concentrate on his studies. But he phoned one of the agencies and ended up doing a soap commercial. "Only my body...
Summers has said that there is no firm timetable in place, and those in the vice president’s office said that they have been given no indication of when they will have a new boss...
...sources, others in the vice president’s office, and a former vice president cited personal chemistry as the key factor in who Summers ultimately picks. Vice presidents serve as the president’s non-academic cabinet, and need to be able to work closely with their boss...