Word: darman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Richard Darman joins the inner circle...
...scheduled to discuss the nation's money supply with Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, the President's top aides came into the Oval Office to give a last-minute briefing. While Treasury Secretary Donald Regan and White House Chief of Staff James Baker watched approvingly, Richard Darman went over a typed page containing concise answers to six questions that he expected Volcker to pose. Reagan paid close attention to Darman's script...
...people, both inside and out side the Administration, are 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...
...weeks earlier, Legislative Liaison Kenneth Duberstein quit to join a private lobbying firm. The departure of these two "pragmatists" as well as the expected resignation early next year of Budget Director David Stockman, will leave Baker with only two staunch allies in the White House, Michael Deaver and Richard Darman. That prospect, along with the fatigue of three years in a very demanding job, may be the reason that one of Reagan's steadiest players is flirting with the idea of becoming a free agent...
...worked with for 15 months. Speakes said the economic chief would not be asked "face to face." He jokingly wondered why the chairman was invited to a lunch to talk about the budget and snidely asserted that Feldstein might not "make it to dessert." Richard G. Darman, another White House aide joined the baiting when he sent Speakes a note during the conference implying the meal was the chairman's "last supper." Though Reagan himself did not sanction the performance--he was reportedly furious about it--he conspicuously did not rush to Feldstein's defense. And Reagan's willingness...