Word: counsellors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Deaver wants to bolster his bank account, and Interior Secretary William Clark plans to ride back to his 880-acre ranch near San Luis Obispo. Two others in the California contingent are also poised to shift. After a bruising inquiry into his finances, Presidential Counsellor Edwin Meese was renominated last week to succeed Attorney General William French Smith, thus bringing Smith closer to his goal of returning to private law practice...
...rituals are only the second most interesting game in town), Canzeri's Venetian-style Christmas fete attracted a classic "interesting Washington mix": diplomats (Nepalese Ambassador Bhekh Thapa), members of Congress (Senators John Tower and Sam Nunn), name journalists (Columnist Mary McGrory), plus the Reaganaut social front line (Presidential Counsellor Edwin Meese and Wife Ursula, along with Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Deaver and Wife Carolyn). The White House group often favors its own small huddle, reinforcing a persistent suspicion that Reagan's aides prefer one another's company to that of anyone else...
...roots of the Administration's hang-tough approach on budget matters could be seen in the Cabinet ruminations of Presidential Counsellor Edwin Meese. As the system works now, Meese complained, the size of the federal budget all too often dictates the content of the programs it funds. This Administration, he said, should reverse that process: decide first whether it likes a specific program, irrespective of its support in Congress, and include it in the budget only if the answer is yes. In the sub-Cabinet budget meetings, there was also strong sentiment to press for spending cuts even...
Reagan's aides are divided into two camps. The True Believers-White House Counsellor Ed Meese, Interior Secretary and former National Security Adviser William Clark, Treasury Secretary Donald Regan and Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger-want to continue pressing a hard line against Communism and giving free rein to supply-side economics. The Pragmatists-White House Chief of Staff James A. Baker, Deputy Chief Michael Deaver, Presidential Aide Richard Darman, Budget Director David Stockman and Secretary of State George Shultz-see the top priorities as reducing the deficit and reaching an arms-control accord with the Soviets...
With Meese probably heading off to become Attorney General, Baker will make a play to consolidate the Pragmatists' control of the White House. This week he plans to ask Reagan to abolish Meese's old Counsellor job. Baker wants to prevent Reagan from putting a True Believer into the spot. He is particularly eager to stop U.N. Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick from moving into a newly created role as counselor for foreign policy. Baker feels so strongly about this that if Reagan does not go along, he may submit his resignation...