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Much of the praise for Shultz emphasizes the contrast between his style and that of his predecessor. "He's exactly the opposite type of personality from Alexander Haig," says an ex-official at Treasury. Adds former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld: "He's an unflamboyant person. He doesn't have any sharp edges. He works in a manner that does not call attention to himself...
Shultz may even match Haig's famed rapport with European leaders. Says former Commerce Secretary Peter G. Peterson: "[West German Chancellor] Helmut Schmidt considers George one of the best friends he has, and has enormous respect for him. It's hard for me to imagine any one who would be more acceptable to the Europeans." The two men have vacationed together at Bohemian Grove, a private California men's retreat to which Shultz belongs...
About 12% of Bechtel's business is done in Arab nations-a matter that will surely be raised at Shultz's Senate confirmation hearings. "He will be more pro-Arab than Haig," predicts New York Investment Banker Felix Rohatyn, a Democrat, who says of Shultz, "There are few more capable people in the country." Indeed, Shultz noted in a 1980 interview that "if I have any differences with Reagan, it's about Middle East policy." Even if Shultz does have a pro-Arab bias, which many of his colleagues deny, some question whether he will...
This has caused a rumbling thunder on the right. "We had only two seconds to enjoy Haig's firing," says Richard Viguerie, an archconservative political organizer. In fact, after Reagan's election, when it was thought that the choice for Secretary of State had come down to Haig and Shultz, Ultra-Conservative Brewer Joseph Coors and others mobilized a campaign for Haig, who was considered to be less of a "detentist...
...business was tying up some odds and ends on President Reagan's proposal for a sharp reduction in strategic nuclear arms. Several of the participants noted that there was something unusual about the meeting: it was not contentious. And that, they realized, was because Secretary of State Alexander Haig, even while arguing his department's position forcefully, seemed uncharacteristically at ease. Instead of thumping the table to emphasize his feelings, he viewed the problem with almost philosophical detachment. When a presidential decision went against him, he actually seemed to accept defeat gracefully...