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...proposed Cabinet contains several luminaries. Gen. Colin L. Powell as Secretary of State, Donald Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense, and Paul O'Neill as Treasury Secretary--all under the watchful eye of Vice President Dick Cheney--should serve the nation well, bringing years of experience in federal administration. Condoleezza Rice also seems a promising candidate for national security advisor...
...First, though, the sure shots: Colin Powell and Paul O'Neill can start ordering business cards for their respective posts as secretary of state and treasury secretary. Ditto Ann Veneman for Agriculture, Mel Martinez for HUD, and Norm Mineta at Transportation. Donald Rumsfeld, the nominee for defense secretary, probably won't face any real challenge - after all, he's done the job before - and confirmation for Spencer Abraham (Energy), Rod Paige (Education) and Anthony Principi (Veterans Affairs) is likely to be quick and clean...
...Bush?s adviser Lindsey is a good friend of the Fed chairman?s. So are Cheney and Paul O?Neill, Bush?s choice as Treasury Secretary. Both worked with Greenspan in Gerald Ford?s White House. All of them will be going to work on Greenspan to persuade him that Congress would simply spend the surplus before it can be used for bill paying. And George W., whose father had notoriously frosty relations with Greenspan, has gone out of his way to court the chairman. A few weeks ago, after their get-acquainted meeting in Washington, he even squeezed...
...That was the primary purpose of Bush's well-handled Breakfast at Greenspan's last week. It's also why an ALCOA tin man is heading up Bush's treasury: Paul O'Neill, and Dick Cheney, go back three decades with the fed chairman, and a good relationship with the Fed can be a big help, especially when your old man didn't get along so well with Al. Greenspan will get his chance to sign off when he testifies before Congress this winter...
...Colin Powell, Condi Rice, Andy Card and Ann Veneman, the new Agriculture Secretary designate, all worked for Bush's father. Paul O'Neill, the Treasury designate, spent ten years as a budget whiz in Washington before working for International Paper and Alcoa. Mitch Daniels, the new budget czar, worked for Dick Lugar before going to Eli Lilly...