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Thomases didn't know what to say. Foster seemed calm, dignified--but infinitely...
...wasn't only his marriage that was in trouble. Foster was already brooding about his relationship with Hillary, which was turning out to be much different from the close friendship they'd enjoyed at the Rose firm. The new dynamic had been made painfully clear to Foster in an incident that seemed trivial on the surface. Soon after arriving in Washington, Hillary had complained to Foster about the Secret Service agents. They were stationed inside the family living quarters on the second floor of the White House, within earshot of just about everything that happened. They were career officers...
...Foster discussed the First Lady's concern with Watkins, the Hope, Arkansas, native who had come to the White House with the Clintons. But Foster didn't see any immediate cause for concern. Suddenly replacing the White House security detail could in itself have led to unfavorable press...
...argument. Hillary assumed the story came from the White House security detail, confirming her fears about their loyalty, and was upset that no one from the Secret Service came forward to deny it. The story soon appeared in Newsweek, and Hillary and Bill vented some of their anger on Foster and Watkins for failing to act on her earlier concerns. They were "too naive and too nice, being from Arkansas," Hillary said...
Watkins took the reprimand with aplomb, but Foster seemed stunned. In all their years together, years in which he had so often acted as Hillary's mentor and protector, she had never spoken to him like this. The encounter drove home the fact that he was now working for her; he almost invariably referred to Hillary, but not Bill, as "the client." He shouldered all the blame for the leaked incident involving the smashed lamp. His job was to protect the President and the First Lady, and in this instance he had failed them...