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While Jackson's large and varied outer circle of advisers is a racial rainbow, his four closest advisers -- at least for the moment -- are white, and three are Jewish. They include Jackson's campaign manager, Gerald Austin; his economics adviser, Carol O'Cleireacain; his policy adviser, Mark Steitz; and his all-purpose sounding board, Ann Lewis. The rationale for the cast of white faces is simple: Jackson's entourage, says a black adviser, "has done all the black politics they need...
...Cleireacain, 41, an expert in public finance with a doctorate from the London School of Economics, plugs Jackson into the business community and labor unions. She is on leave from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. One of Jackson's most talked about proposals comes from O'Cleireacain: the suggestion that the Government force public-pension- fund managers to invest $60 billion a year in Government-backed securities for the purpose of building bridges, roads and schools. She has toned down Jackson's economic proposals, nudging him more toward moderate positions on world trade...
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