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...family may have violated labor and immigration laws. Worse, said the general, his family had had a falling out with the young man, who is making unspecified accusations that might embarrass Carns and the Administration if they come to light. President Clinton immediately turned to Deputy Defense Secretary John Deutch--who has previously turned down the CIA directorship--to become the reluctant new nominee...
...agents informed him that he may have violated immigration and labor laws by bringing a Filipino to the U.S. in 1987 to live in his home. Hoping to make the Carns debacle a one-day story, the White House quickly chose as his replacement Deputy Defense Secretary John Deutch, who had turned down the spymaster job once but now reluctantly agreed to accept...
Late Friday afternoon Clinton summoned Deutch, 56, to the Oval Office and practically ordered him to take the job. The former M.I.T. provost has a reputation as a blustery and tough manager at the Pentagon. The cia, says a congressional intelligence staffer, needs "a permanent leader who they know has the ear of the President." The White House insists that will be the case. As a sweetener to get Deutch to accept, his CIA job will be elevated to a Cabinet-level post, a position it has not enjoyed since William Casey ran the spy agency for Ronald Reagan. Casey...
Well, not quite. The missile, also built by Northrop, was racked with skyrocketing costs. Last month the Pentagon killed the $13 billion program. ``Tee-Sam is a silver bullet,'' Deputy Defense Secretary John Deutch said. ``The problem is that it's become too expensive a silver bullet.'' Northrop has since come up with a plan for 128 interim, kind-of-precision-guided weapons for the B-2 starting next year--about enough for a one-day bombing mission. Northrop is confident that a follow-on program will design a true pinpoint bomb for the B-2 in three years. That...
...Director James Woolsey -- also under fire for his halting attempts to reorganize the agency -- threw up his hands and resigned. The vacancy at the agency comes as a presidential commission takes up the task of redefining the role of the CIA. Some possible successors: Deputy Defense Secretary John Deutch and former House Intelligence Committee chairman Dave McCurdy...