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...minutes, the two men focused almost exclusively on a single, critical issue: how to change the damaging perception that the nation's Commander in Chief is at odds with his military. According to a White House insider, Crowe offered a two-pronged strategy for handling the balky Pentagon brass and disrespectful rank and file: woo them with charm, but keep them in line with a firm hand. More precisely, Clinton was told, Defense Secretary Les Aspin "has to get tough and make them salute...
...fallen flat with the military. Since late January, when Clinton announced his interim policy for lifting the military's ban on homosexuals, matters have been difficult. Mid-level officers and enlisted personnel fume about the Clinton Administration's proposed diet of pay freezes and troop reductions. The top brass grumbles about a lack of respect, noting that no generals or admirals sit on the National Security Council and only two of 45 political positions at the Pentagon have been confirmed. "There's an enormous cultural gap between Clinton and this military," says James Doyle, editorial director of the Army Times...
...result, Clinton has launched a campaign to battle the widespread perception that his White House disdains people in uniform. The first line of offense is to smooth relations with the top brass, whose cues set the tone in the ranks. Aides to both Clinton and Powell are working overtime to put out the word that the two men have moved beyond their early differences over the gay issue and now confer several times a week. White House chief of staff Thomas McLarty describes the Clinton-Powell relationship as "very respectful and professional but not in a stuffy...
Davis has a long list of commissions and published works, including compositions for orchestra, choir and brass...
Partly as a result, a roster of contenders have deflected or flat-out declined overtures. According to present and former NBC top brass, they include: the network's own anchor Tom Brokaw, and its Washington bureau chief and Meet the Press host Tim Russert; ABC News president Roone Arledge, his executive vice president Paul Friedman and Nightline anchor Ted Koppel; CNN president Tom Johnson and executive vice president Ed Turner; and PBS documentarian Bill Moyers. There may be others. Although the search has been under way for at least a month -- since before Michael Gartner resigned -- somewhat less glittery prospects...