Word: cabineteer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...staff is not much older. In the early years it felt like a children's crusade: the President was in his forties, most of his staff were in their thirties and the rest in their twenties. One full-time staff member in the press office was 19. Kids and Cabinet officers seemed to have equal standing in the meetings that went on forever and ever. This was the land of the adolescents who dissed Air Force generals, wore multiple earrings and squeezed into every photo op with the President...
...year, after Clinton won the presidency, he tapped Jordan to be co-chairman of his transition team. It was the first time most observers realized that Clinton, who had run as a Washington outsider, was so close to this consummate insider. There was talk that Jordan could have any Cabinet post he wanted, but in the end he wanted no post at all. Jordan saw no reason to submit himself to financial disclosures or give up the clout and freedom of private practice. He knew he could speak to Clinton whenever he chose, on any topic he chose. After...
...night, Barrett was assigned to watch theAssociated Press (AP) wire ticker for importantstories. Bells started ringing shortly after 11p.m., when a story about Pusey being appointed tothe Cabinet came over the wire...
Daily Spin "I'm going to be fine, and you will be, too, and let's all hang in there" -- President Clinton, reassuring his Cabinet...
WASHINGTON: Vernon Jordan reeks of the Establishment. The civil rights lawyer-cum-presidential confidant is on the board of so many major companies that a recent Washington Monthly described him as "the true center of the universe." And yet, he has consistently rejected all the Clinton cabinet posts he was offered, including the chance to become the first black Attorney General. "I do what I want to do," he insists. Establishment and integrity - an intriguing mixture that made his words worth listening to when Jordan waded into the Monica Lewinsky media circus Thursday afternoon...