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...turnabout was startling. A mere four weeks ago, Presidential Counsellor Edwin Meese, self-assured and articulate, fended off hostile questions from Democratic Senators at his confirmation hearings and emerged confident that he would quickly become Attorney General of the U.S. But last week a Justice Department investigation into his tangled finances was under way, the press was nipping at his heels, and Meese, first bewildered and then combative, was asking that a special prosecutor be appointed to investigate "the misrepresentations and baseless charges" against him. The probe could take months, delaying and possibly dooming his confirmation...
...Senate confirmation of Presidential Counsellor Edwin Meese as Attorney General has suddenly shifted from a near certainty to an increasingly close call. Republican Strom Thurmond, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, had closed the heated hearings two weeks ago after four days of testimony. But last week he reluctantly agreed to Democratic demands that Meese answer more questions before the committee voted on his nomination. "The longer the issue accelerates, the better and better his chances of being defeated become," said Meese's chief opponent, Ohio Democrat Howard Metzenbaum...
Thanks to his remarks about soup-kitchen cheats and the undocumented hungry, Presidential Counsellor Edwin Meese has earned a reputation as a man who does not like to see people abusing the system. But Senator Howard Metzenbaum, an Ohio Democrat, tried to show last week that President Reagan's nominee to replace the resigning William French Smith as Attorney General may in fact be guilty of just that. As the Judiciary Committee wrapped up its confirmation hearings, troubling questions lingered about Meese's personal past insolvency and his role in getting Administration jobs for those who gave...
...Metzenbaum, might have been related to Barrack's December 1982 appointment as a Deputy Under Secretary at the Interior Department. He asked, "If a person were interested in getting a good position in Washington, would it be a good move on his part to help the White House Counsellor get rid of his home?" Barrack countered: "Did [my help] have anything to do with my going to Washington? Absolutely...
...paying close attention these days to the bright and ambitious Darman, 40, who had never even met Reagan prior to the 1980 election and who is an anomaly among Reagan's hard-right constituency. In the shake-out of White House responsibilities created by the departure of Presidential Counsellor Edwin Meese, Reagan's last ideological soul mate in the West Wing, Darman continued his steady, determined rise into the inner circle. Says Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Deaver: "Dick Darman is one of the most powerful people here. He has made an incredible contribution to this presidency...