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...following Wednesday, Susan Thomases was in the White House, and dropped by to see counsel to the President Bernard Nussbaum. She was worried about Foster. As someone who saw him less, she was more aware of the change in his appearance and demeanor. "How is he?" Thomases asked about Foster. "Has he relaxed...
Nussbaum was feeling good about progress on the nominations of Ruth Ginsburg for the Supreme Court and Louis Freeh for the FBI. "We're feeling good," he said. "This is coming together." Thomases wondered if the "we" really included Foster. "Help take the weight off his shoulders," she said. "You've been focusing on Ginsburg, and Vince is carrying the load...
...Foster had turned to Thomases to express frustration over the travel-office report, and she had become something of a confidante. Now she tried to reassure Foster, but he said he needed to talk to her "off the campus," somewhere they wouldn't be seen. Thomases suggested 2020 O Street, a private rooming house where she sometimes stayed in Washington...
...When Foster arrived that evening, Thomases thought he looked a little better. He mentioned that he and Lisa were going to get away for the weekend. But then he began to unburden himself...
...been what he'd hoped for, and it hadn't been for years. She was completely dependent on him, and this had become a burden. He found he couldn't confide in her. Lisa's recent arrival in Washington had brought this to the fore, just when Foster needed someone to lean...