Word: cabineteer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Like desperate passengers abandoning ship, President Clinton's cabinet members and top administration aides are involved in a mass exodus. Clinton did not even have time to savor his crushing (though expected) victory over the hapless Bob Olde--excuse me, that's Bob Dole--before he had to start searching for replacements and explaining to the press why his staff was deserting...
Perhaps that characterization is not entirely fair. Some cabinet members and White House officials didn't want to leave; they were forced out. Let's go down the list of outgoing staff and try to think of some good substitutes...
...pack her bags, according to the Associated Press. She is expected to announce her decision publicly within the next few days. Commerce Secretary Mickey Kantor, who replaced the late Ron Brown earlier this year, has offered his resignation as well, possibly as a move toward getting a better cabinet post. Sources have told TIME that Kantor would like to be chief of staff or Attorney General. Christopher was the first to offer his resignation, informing Clinton Tuesday night in Arkansas that he would leave. By all accounts, the President continues to support Christopher, but the 71-year-old has been...
...July 31, Clinton could not put off his decision any longer: a conference committee of the House and Senate had shaped a bill that was about to pass and land on the President's desk within hours. So he summoned 12 or so decision makers--including Gore, five Cabinet Secretaries and five advisers--to a self-consciously historic meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House. Some thought the meeting was a bit of "Kabuki theater" staged by a President who had pretty well made up his mind; others are convinced Clinton was really undecided...
DRUGS Elevated drug czar to Cabinet level, filling the post with a retired four-star general. Has proposed a $15-billion 1997 budget for fighting drug use, an increase of 9.3%. Promises to spend more on antidrug education and treatment programs...