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Dates: during 1980-1989
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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Master Builders from Bechtel | 7/12/1982 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Wendy L. Wall, | Title: Where Race Meets Politics | 5/10/1982 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Notable: Jan. 19, 1981 | 1/19/1981 | See Source »

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