Word: gergens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...This is not an Administration that is unraveling." So insisted White House Communications Director David Gergen last week, trying to dispel a sprouting impression in Washington that what he was denying might well be true. But if not unraveled, the White House was at least beleaguered. Just as the Administration was stamping out the flames from Budget Director David Stockman's disparaging comments on Reaganomics in the Atlantic Monthly, it found itself plagued by a scandal of much greater dimensions. The problem seemed at first to be a penny-ante one: National Security Adviser Richard Allen's acceptance...
...dance of the incisors occurred at a time when the Administration was being encircled by problems that threatened Reagan's reputation as an executive. Yet he and his chief aides were forced to spend precious time quelling the controversy. The episode began when White House Staff Director David Gergen saw an advance copy of a column by Jack Anderson. Administration sources, Anderson wrote, said that Haig "has one foot on a banana peel" and might fall soon. Gergen called Haig, who called Anderson. The rumors, the Secretary of State told the columnist, were the work of a top White...
...Administration appeared surprised by the strength of the opposition, but it is not about to give up. Said Chief White House Spokesman David Gergen last week: "Clearly, the President does not believe this is the end of the struggle. It's just the beginning." Secretary of State Alexander Haig strongly defended the deal in testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He argued that the sale is essential to the improvement of U.S. relations with moderate Arab nations. "If our friends are more secure," he said, "they will be more able to take risks for peace." Just as Reagan...
...balmy vacation in the West and back toward the duties of running the Government from Washington seemed out of sync with the stiff challenges ahead. Chief of Staff James Baker turned his Texas tenor loose on country music that only he could hear through his earphones. Communications Adviser David Gergen, fresh from an outing in the Tetons, could not resist the beat of the Supremes. He grabbed the hands of Margaret Tutwiler, Baker's top assistant, and danced through the cabin...
Reagan's belief in what he is doing is real, and that faith spread to his people, says Counsellor Edwin Meese. Now, says Staff Director David Gergen, that belief has been forged into pride, as the Administration has succeeded with its initiatives. The process has not been smooth or faultless by a long shot. The Communist threat to El Salvador was overstated. The idea of cutting back Social Security benefits was premature and ill-considered. The immigration program consumed five Cabinet meetings with debate and bickering. But even skeptical aides see that Reagan never turned away from his demands...