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...Says Democratic political consultant Bob Squier: "They got to know each other so well that they came to talk in a shorthand only they could understand. You had to listen very closely to follow." Clinton even integrated his staff with Gore's to prevent White House infighting. Says Roy Neel, who served Gore before becoming a deputy chief of staff to Clinton: "The tension between the presidential and vice-presidential protectors, which has destroyed many a Vice President, never had soil in which to grow here...
...Gearan is well liked, but as one campaign consultant put it, "If Mack or Mark were really angry at you, you wouldn't wet your pants. So how scared do you think Danny Rostenkowski is going to be?" Clinton tried to remedy the situation by putting Gore aide Roy Neel in charge of "day to day" operations four weeks ago, but he is a soft touch too -- and still lacks an office, a desk or a phone in the White House...
Just as troubling is Clinton's apparent resistance to discipline. He has extended automatic walk-in rights to the Oval Office -- a privilege that is heavily restricted by most Presidents -- to nearly a dozen people: Hillary, McLarty, Lindsey, Gore, Stephanopoulos, Neel, Nussbaum, economic chief Bob Rubin, personal assistant Nancy Hernreich and National Security Adviser Tony Lake. The open-door policy has forced him to be his own chief of staff and caused the White House to move in too many directions at once, with little coordination...
Clinton moved quickly to add one major grown-up to his staff: Roy Neel, the top adviser to Vice President Al Gore for the past 15 years, joined Mark Gearan as deputy to chief of staff Thomas McLarty. Neel and Gearan will handle the day-to-day operations, allowing McLarty to concentrate on minding Clinton and worrying about long-range planning, which will initially mean holding three-day-a-week 8:30 a.m. conferences aimed at shepherding what remains of Clinton's economic plan through Congress. Neel at 47 exceeds the median age in the White House by at least...
...project won't end after all the TFs and classes are matched. Neel says Clearing House workers will follow up on their placements, checking with departments and interviewing students who participated in the program...