Word: deaver
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...always. In the inaugural troika of aides-Baker, Ed Meese and Michael Deaver-Reagan seemed to listen to Meese most carefully on policy matters and to Deaver for political and personal advice. Baker mainly ran the shop and deferred to Reagan's two veteran associates. The troika has since become a quartet with the addition a year ago of William Clark as National Security Adviser, who has the dominant voice on foreign policy. But on such crucial domestic issues as the budget and Social Security, Baker has emerged with his hands on the steering wheel, deftly maneuvering Reagan away...
...G.O.P. legislators' advice reinforced what Reagan was hearing from his staff and Cabinet. Advocates such as White House Chief of Staff James Baker and Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Deaver, who had earlier proposed deficit-reducing steps and been rebuffed by the President, sat back and let others do the talking. Presidential Counsellor Edwin Meese for the first time argued strongly for slower increases in military spending. Secretary of State George Shultz, a newcomer to budget councils, whose advice as a professional economist Reagan highly respects, artfully mused about ways in which military outlays could be reduced if only...
...nutty faddist hoping to cash in on the national hunger for books that help you get thin? Well, not quite. The man with such readiness to demonstrate his exercise techniques (in addition to body rolls, he suggests two types of sit-ups), and with imminent publishing plans, is Michael Deaver, the normally discreet and least noticeable of President Reagan's top aides. He recently lost 33 lbs. (from 183 lbs. on his 5-ft. 7-in. frame). He intends to reveal the details of his White House regimen for tightening belts, even as the federal deficit grows ever fatter...
...Deaver is serious about his desire to show "people who have desk jobs, like me, people who are sedentary, how they can get slim and stay slim forever." The money must also have seemed tasty. Deaver, whose salary is $60,600 a year, was to get a $45,000 advance from the publisher. The bad news: the White House has a rule that no staff member can earn more than 15% of his salary a year from outside work. The good news: royalties are not covered by the rules. Deaver could yet end up in Fat City...