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...clean sweep of the White House team that helped Reagan to an impressive record of success in his first four years, culminating in his landslide re-election. Many of the aides were Californians who had served him well in Sacramento when he was Governor more than a decade ago. Edwin Meese expects to be confirmed within a month as Attorney General. Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Deaver, the closest adviser on social and personal matters to both Reagan and the First Lady, is expected to take a Washington public relations job. Attorney General William French Smith and Interior Secretary William...
...complex issues, relying on his staff to sweat the details. He has been called overcautious, too reluctant to challenge Reagan's views on issues like defense spending. And besides taking heat from archconservatives outside the White House who questioned his loyalty, Baker often tangled with such longtime Reaganauts as Edwin Meese and William Clark. "My job is not to go into the Oval Office and advocate a view because I happen to believe it strongly," said Baker last year. "My job is to let the President know what I think is best politically...
Loury said the council asked the President and meeting chairman Edwin R. Meese III for policy changes, including the promotion of private ownership of public housing, funding to enable poor Black children to attend private schools, and a reform in the foster care system, making it easier for low income persons to adopt children in public charge...
...then made sure the aides' dismissal did not come before the crucial New Hampshire primary. Later that year, when it was time to choose the White House chief of staff, she, Deaver and Spencer successfully backed James Baker, then a newcomer to the Reagan ranks, over Edwin Meese, a Reaganite of 13 years' standing. After National Security Adviser Richard Allen became embroiled in a controversy involving $1,000 that a Japanese magazine had intended to give the First Lady in exchange for an interview, she joined the Deaver-led effort to purge him from the Administration. Alexander Haig believes that...
...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...