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...appealing permissiveness took a fearful toll of orderly decisionmaking. Out of a sense of continuity or perhaps a misplaced compassion, Ford was very tardy in ejecting the Nixon holdovers, some of whom had nothing to add to the White House except mischief. His closest aide, Robert Hartmann, openly quarreled with Nixon's lingering Chief of Staff Alexander Haig. The dust did not settle until Haig was shipped off to Europe as commander of NATO forces...
Power clashes are inevitable in so high-powered an atmosphere as the White House; eventually Rumsfeld could collide with Rockefeller-and that would be a spark-producing encounter. But Rumsfeld is more likely to run afoul of Bob Hartmann, Presidential Counsellor and chief speechwriter. Alternately genial and abrasive, Hartmann perfectly reflects his boss's Grand Rapids conservatism. In time, Jerry Ford may be forced to choose between his past politics as represented by Hartmann and the national outlook represented by Rockefeller and Rumsfeld...
...serves in the same post he held under Nixon: Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. He does double duty by also running the State Department. Along with Kissinger, four other aides have Cabinet rank: Donald Rumsfeld, 42, who replaced Alexander Haig as chief of staff; Robert Hartmann, 57, who handles speechwriting chores as Ray Price did under Nixon; Philip W. Buchen, 59, who has assumed Leonard Garment's legal duties; and John O. Marsh Jr., 48, who succeeds William Timmons as chief liaison with Congress. These four, in addition to their specific assignments, also serve as "floaters...
...group, including Counsellors Robert Hartmann and John O. Marsh and Press Secretary Ron Nessen, finally moved back to the Red Room for brandy, cigars and more conversation. For Ford, the evening was a relaxing opportunity to reflect on the broader historical and philosophical contexts of his decisions and, in a way, a remedial crash course in presidential perspectives...
Trying to operate somewhere between the secretive, closed-door policy of Nixon and the earlier open-door tendencies of Ford, Rumsfeld has managed to bring most of the staff under control-with the conspicuous exception of Bob Hartmann, 57, Ford's longtime, imperious adviser who often writes presidential speeches without consulting anybody else. In any event, Ford's aim by the first of the year is to have remade the Nixon White House clearly in his own Administration's image...