Word: deaver
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...fact, his three top aides-Edwin Meese, James Baker and Michael Deaver-have attracted little notice, and most respondents said they were not familiar with their names. Among those voters who did have an opinion, the troika members all got positive ratings...
...Senate Democratic Leader Robert Byrd and four other Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee asked Attorney General Edwin Meese to appoint an independent counsel to investigate Deaver's discussions with former colleagues on matters including South Korean trade, tax breaks for Puerto Rico and continued support for Rockwell International's B-l bomber. Within 90 days, Meese must either ask a panel of three Washington judges to name the counsel or explain why he has not done so. Such an explanation could be ticklish, given the close association between Meese and Deaver. During Ronald Reagan's first term, they constituted...
...David Martin, head of the Government Ethics Office, recommended that the Justice Department investigate Deaver's lobbying contract with the Canadian government. Present law permanently bars a U.S. Government official who "participated personally and substantially" in handling an issue from later lobbying on that same issue. Deaver insists that in the White House he was only tangentially concerned with U.S.-Canadian relations, but others have reported that he helped to choose an envoy to negotiate with Ottawa on acid-rain problems. A Canadian government spokesman denied a Washington Post report that Deaver had begun negotiating to sign up Canada...
...House subcommittee headed by Michigan Democrat John Dingell planned public hearings on Deaver's activities sometime this month. A House judiciary subcommittee is talking about publicly questioning Deaver and other lobbyists this spring...
...Deaver remains exceptionally well connected: the White House confirmed last week that he still gets a detailed copy of Reagan's daily schedule. In response to questions about Deaver in Los Angeles last Friday, Reagan declared, "I think the whole thing is ridiculous." Nonetheless, all the attention could cost Deaver a bundle. Saatchi & Saatchi, a London advertising and public relations firm, has expressed interest in buying his lobbying organization for as much as $18 million. But the deal has been put on hold, and there are persistent reports that Saatchi has called it off. --By George J. Church. Reported...