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The Ukockis Papers. Few of the documents are as revealing of the process that produced the Clinton plan as the memos of James Ukockis, a senior economist at the Treasury Department's Office of Policy Analysis. Ukockis assisted Magaziner in analyzing proposals for cost control -- when he could. On Feb...
The wording of the statute and its 12-month grace period enables the Clinton Administration, in effect, to turn the act upside-down, justifying the withholding of special considerations previously granted to Cubans and, in the process, reversing policy without actually having changed the law. In an afternoon briefing, Attorney...
The "Mainstream Coalition," a bipartisan group of 16 senators working on a health-care compromise, may not have as much influence as Inside-the-Beltway hype has suggested. The coalition, led by Sen. John Chafee, R-R.I., hoped to present Senate leaders today with a bill designed to break...
The CIA has confirmed that the most important of Ames' victims by far was Polyakov, whose briefing transcripts and photocopies of secret documents fill 25 file drawers in the agency's innermost sanctum. Many intelligence experts now believe that Polyakov made a far more important contribution than a more famous...
Altman told Roelle he would ask Jean Hanson, the Treasury Department's chief counsel, to call Roelle for a briefing. On Sept. 27, Roelle briefed Hanson on the case, reminding her that the sensitive information was for Altman's ears only. But Hanson maintains Altman directed her later that day...