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...Clinton, when he first sat down two weeks before the election with Vice President Al Gore, chief of staff Leon Panetta and favored friend Vernon Jordan, insisted it was teamwork he wanted above all. Gore proposed Cohen for Defense, and Albright was an obvious choice for State. Colin Powell, considered at one point for the job, was pressed by the Vice President as a way to neutralize a potential rival in 2000. But the Republican of choice was always Cohen for Defense. Berger got the NSC job in part by default: he was offered the chief-of-staff position when...
...RICHARD FISHER, SUSAN SOROS and LEON LEVY These three trustees gave a total of $42 million to New York's Bard College, a gift that allows the school to more than double its endowment. Fisher is chairman of the Morgan Stanley Group Inc. Levy is general partner of Odyssey Partners, an investment firm. Susan Soros, George's wife, is the director of Bard's Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, based in Manhattan...
...whose world view has scarcely changed since the dawn of the Cold War. The many resignations of prominent Clinton staffers also reflect the President's political weakness. Granted, some, such as Energy Secretary Hazel R. O'Leary, have been forced out. But Senior Adviser George Stephonopolous, Chief of Staff Leon E. Panetta and Secretary of Labor Robert B. Reich are all leaving voluntarily. Yesterday, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner David Kessler announced his decision to resign. Ironically, Bob Dole vowed to fire Kessler if he was elected...
...question now is whether those skills make him the right man for the job at this time. Outgoing chief Leon Panetta is a master legislator who knows his way around the Hill and knows how lawmakers want to be treated. Bowles has none of that personal experience or policy savvy, a disadvantage in dealing with a bitter Republican Congress and a bruising budget fight. "He doesn't suffer fools gladly," says Doug Sosnik, Clinton's political director. "That may not always serve him well in Washington...
...Yellow Oval Room of the White House residence, Clinton had been convening weekly strategy sessions that included members of the team. The meetings were small and secret, attended by Clinton, Morris, Gore, Schoen, Ickes, chief of staff Leon Panetta, senior adviser George Stephanopoulos and then deputy chief of staff Erskine Bowles. Schoen had persuaded a reluctant Morris to let Penn get involved, and he was beginning to attend. Penn and Schoen were disturbed to find that the President, a commanding figure, was not in control of his White House. The liberal institution was running itself. The White House staff...