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...position as chief of staff to protect him.) Despite their past differences with Panetta, political advisers such as Begala, James Carville and Mandy Grunwald are likely to gain in strength too with less counterinfluence from Gergen and McLarty (and a possible boost from Hillary Rodham Clinton, who tends to lean their way). All these advisers reject the bipartisan approach that won victories for the Brady Bill and NAFTA in favor of an appeal to the liberal Democratic core constituency. In some cases they would rather have an issue to use against the Republicans than a legislative victory...
...said it would lean on both sides to accept that settlement. If the Bosnian Serbs go along but the Bosnian government refuses, Washington might favor easing the economic sanctions now in place against Serbia. "There's nothing new about that at all," Christopher insisted...
...nomination out of pique over his Western-lands policy, the politicians appointed to the high court in the past. Finally, at about 2:30 a.m., with Clinton unflagging, Babbitt departed. Friends say he left feeling that while he still had a good chance at the nomination, the President would lean a long way toward his old friend, Judge Richard Arnold of Arkansas. Not until Friday -- at the tail end of the week in which he had promised a decision -- would Clinton make up his mind...
While Aristide would have plenty of foes to reckon with, he would have no democratic infrastructure to lean on, no community organizations to assist his restoration plans, no security apparatus to help enforce his authority. The only buttress against anarchy would be the presence of U.S. troops. That could make for a very long occupation -- far longer than the U.S. Congress or the American and Haitian people have the patience to endure...
...hard to replace distinguished people who retire," Hankins says. "Next year might be kind of lean...