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...much of the substance; he also won on tactics. Before the budget was approved, Dole committed a major blunder when he rashly challenged Clinton to negotiate with him one on one, only to watch in horror as the White House's rapid-response team persuaded chief of staff Leon Panetta to accept almost at once. It was an offer that Dole could make but couldn't accept. "We'll see how it looks," he said in retreat. On the Republican right, and not just there, they think Clinton mesmerized Gingrich in the December balanced-budget talks. Any deal Dole might...
...kept several species off the Endangered Species list. The President needed to take a stand to appease "green" voters, irate at his decision to allow logging in old growth forests in the Pacific Northwest (a change of policy Clinton has called "a mistake"). White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta said the President will sign the bill when it reaches his desk, probably sometime today...
...bureau's command post in Billings, FBI Director Louis Freeh sent a top deputy, Robert ("Bear") Bryant, chief of the FBI's national security division. He sends regular field reports to Freeh, who in turn confers daily with Attorney General Reno. At the White House, Chief of Staff Leon Panetta has kept the President up to date...
...solution to the long-running budget crisis that would provide funding for federal programs through the end of the 1996 fiscal year. The final obstacles fell as the Senate proposed a $1.3 billion dollar contingency fund for federal programs particularly important to the White House. Chief of Staff Leon Panetta said on CNN Sunday that the Administration would accept such a proprosal. The Senate and House will meet in conference this week to work out the details on how to provide more than $160 billion to fund the nine Cabinet Departments and numerous other federal agencies. The long-awaited compromise...
...Rubin has avoided taking that step, thus buying President Clinton time and negotiating room, by tapping into federal trust funds, a maneuver that some Republicans say is unconstitutional and could lead to Rubin's impeachment. The White House scoffs at that suggestion, but White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta said Sunday: "Clearly, we don't want to continue to have the Secretary taking these actions...