Word: keane
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...discouraging week for the losers in the Saturn sweepstakes. Said New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean: "We're obviously disappointed. We knew we were a long shot, but we also knew we were in the competition." But Douglas Ross, Michigan's secretary of commerce, was more upbeat. "We win, no matter where the Saturn plant goes," he said. "If Saturn learns how to build cars competitive with the Japanese, that means the American auto industry centered in Michigan will survive and flourish...
...chattering classes of Washington, the selection of Negroponte came as a surprise. During the two-month search for a nominee, candidates with intelligence or military backgrounds were bandied about, including General Tommy Franks and 9/11 Commission co-chairs Tom Kean and Lee Hamilton. Several individuals were felt out about their interest in the job, including former CIA Director Robert Gates, who was not interested. The President had initially resisted creating the post, and many observers had come to conclude it would be largely ceremonial, but Bush repeatedly told his chief of staff Andrew Card that he wanted "a workhorse...
...righting the troubled agency have been bumpy, with five senior CIA officials quitting. Goss isn't out of the running, but because he would face a confirmation battle from Democrats worried that he's too political, the White House is considering others, such as 9/11 commission chairman Thomas Kean, former Senator Sam Nunn and ex--Navy Secretary John Lehman...
THOMAS H. KEAN Republican Chairman of the 9/11 Commission Reach across the aisle. This has been one of the most divisive campaigns in American history, and your job now is to pull the country back together...
...Members of the 9/11 commission, which closed its doors over the weekend but will continue operating out of a privately-funded foundation were not given a copy of the Scowcroft report. But they were allowed to read it under tightly controlled conditions, according to Republican Chairman Tom Kean. And they have some familiarity with the making of the document; one 9/11 commissioner and a panel staffer helped write the report. Kean declined to give details about the Scowcroft paper but told TIME he was impressed by it, saying, ?I liked the Scowcroft report very much...