Word: panetta
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...hold monthly Let's Talk America days in their living rooms and town halls. The move may come off as earnest now, but it may simply look sensible if Americans end up feeling bruised by an election turned legal train wreck. "For our system to work," argues Leon Panetta, a former Clinton White House chief of staff and now head of a nonpartisan public-policy think tank in California, "the right to vote is the fundamental power we have in a democratic society, and if people feel that, for whatever reason, their vote is not being counted, that's going...
...candidate. But once Schwarzenegger said he would run, they couldn?t take the pressure. Twelve Democratic members of the state?s congressional delegation held a worried conference call and agreed they needed a Democrat on the ballot, their top choice being Bustamante or former Clinton chief of staff Leon Panetta. Shortly afterward, Bustamante, who had up until now stood solidly behind the Governor, announced he would run. With Schwarzenegger representing Republicans and Bustamante representing Democrats on the ballot, no one is standing behind Davis. And the Governor is going to have a much harder time convincing voters to listen...
...final decision was made by a selection committee including former presidential candidate Bob Dole, David Gergen, Leon Panetta, columnist Robert Samuelson, historian Robert Remini, civil rights leader Roger Wilkins and journalist Cokie Roberts. Former presidents George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter were honorary chairs of the selection committee...
Even as officials who worked for Clinton concede the point, they argue that Bush's approach may not survive rough times. "These are high-pressure jobs," says Leon Panetta, who served more than two years as Clinton's chief of staff. "Someone has to carry the load, especially when there's a crisis." Bush has enjoyed a smooth stroll through his first six weeks on the job, but some say his need for order and structure makes him appear unsteady and slow to react when confronted with an off-the-script event. When he fumbled his remarks about North Korea...
...technical background of many OMB directors. As the man responsible for preparing Bush's first budget, due in February, he will be introduced to thousands of government programs to determine which ones to cut and which ones to enlarge. "It's tough on-the-job training," said Leon Panetta, Bill Clinton's first OMB director. Even Panetta, who chaired the House Budget Committee, learned the hard way that small decisions can make big enemies. His 1993 spending program passed by a single Democratic vote in the House, and in the Senate he alienated his party's powerful Appropriations chairman, Robert...