Word: mccone
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...help nurture its friendships both in the U.S. and abroad, Bechtel over the years has benefited from the aid of a stunning array of officials and advisers with excellent Government contacts. At one time or another, these have included: John McCone, former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and later head of the CIA under John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson; Parker Hart, former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia; and Charls Walker, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury under Richard Nixon. Today two powerful members of the Reagan Administration are former top Bechtel officers: Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and Deputy Secretary of Energy...
...when Yvonne Burke was elected to her first term on the California Assembly, the University of Southern California Law School graduate had given little consideration to a career in politics. Having spent the previous 10 years as a practicing attorney, she was working on the staff of the McCone Commission, a temporary body charged with investigating the Watts Riots. In spired by the commission's goals she and several other staffers decided to strike out on the campaign trail...
Government. He discovers a Khrushchev more friendly to the Pope than to John Kennedy; John XXIII maneuvering behind the backs of the Vatican Curia's professional antiCommunists; and CIA Director John McCone, a Catholic, warning his Pontiff that he is going too far. This is a valuable history for anyone attracted to modern diplomacy and Vatican intrigue...