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...worked closely with Hillary for nearly 15 years; between Clinton's election and Inauguration, Foster had helped negotiate the end of the Clintons' Whitewater partnership with Jim McDougal. As deputy White House counsel, Foster tended to see himself as representing Hillary's interests, according to his boss, Bernard Nussbaum. In addition Foster remained the Clintons' personal lawyer during his White House stint. In the Administration's first few months, Foster seemed increasingly beaten down by controversies, especially the White House's inept handling of the staff firings in the travel office. On the afternoon of July 20, 1993, Vince Foster...
...following Wednesday, Susan Thomases was in the White House, and dropped by to see counsel to the President Bernard Nussbaum. She was worried about Foster. As someone who saw him less, she was more aware of the change in his appearance and demeanor. "How is he?" Thomases asked about Foster. "Has he relaxed...
...Nussbaum was feeling good about progress on the nominations of Ruth Ginsburg for the Supreme Court and Louis Freeh for the FBI. "We're feeling good," he said. "This is coming together." Thomases wondered if the "we" really included Foster. "Help take the weight off his shoulders," she said. "You've been focusing on Ginsburg, and Vince is carrying the load...
...prove a conspiracy that will be very difficult to prove," Martin L. Gross, author of The Great Whitewater Fiasco: An American Tale of Money, Power and Politics, told TIME Daily. "It seems clear that there was a series of phone calls between Williams, Thomases and White House counsel Bernard Nussbaum the morning after Foster's death. And it's also clear that the Whitewater papers were moved by Williams to Mrs. Clinton's bedroom closet right after these phone calls. The interesting question is, why would the White House want to hide the papers...
...Mikva will be Vice President Al Gore's chief of staff, Jack Quinn. The transition should be a smooth one, says Carney: "Quinn is ideal for the position. He's not an outsider by any means, and his low-key temperment couldn't be more different than Bernard Nussbaum." Nussbaum was the Clinton administration's first White House counsel...