Word: commissioners
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Politburo member Viktor P. Nikonov, who serves as deputy to Ligachev in the latter's role as chief of the party's commission on agriculture, received 26 "no" votes.
The speaker also said he has cooperated fully with the investigation being conducted by Shannon and the State Ethics Commission and has ordered his entire staff to do the same. But Keverian did add that the investigation has proceded slowly and that he has told Shannon so.
But Tower's just-say-no theatrics pale in comparison with the price paid by Louis Sullivan, who was approved last week as Secretary of Health and Human Services. To avoid possible confirmation complications, Sullivan renounced all claims to nearly $500,000 in severance pay and deferred compensation legally owed...
The Nation Can Demand Sacrifices for Public Service. Few deny that top Executive Branch officials are underpaid. Money, however, is but one measure of compensation for serving at the highest levels of Government; there is also a huge premium to be derived from fascinating work, public recognition and perhaps even...
Another issue then came to the forefront. Even Bush and his advisers had been concerned about whether Tower could be expected to clamp down on defense spending. After all, he had enthusiastically advanced Ronald Reagan's $2.2 / trillion arms buildup. Prepped by Rhett Dawson, one of his former committee aides...