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...that Panetta is Bill Clinton's chief of staff, his beloved weekends in Carmel will be rare indeed. At the White House they may want to start passing the plate immediately...
Seeking to anchor his Administration with more authoritative leadership, President Clinton named Budget Director Leon Panetta as his new chief of staff, replacing Mack McLarty, who will remain as senior counselor. The President shifted another White House aide, image molder David Gergen, to new foreign policy responsibilities as special adviser to both the President and the Secretary of State...
...Panetta obviously cannot do much about Paula Jones. If he can tighten up the White House operation and make it more efficient, that might help break the legislative logjam. But not necessarily. One indirect effect of his arrival is likely to be a sharper, more partisan, more anti-Republican tone at the White House. Whether that is really what the Clinton presidency needs is questionable. Nevertheless, the change in tone was evident even last week. The President, who had previously talked sweet bipartisan reason and adaptability on health care, lambasted Dole's proposal as "politics as usual" that threw crumbs...
...Panetta is close to senior adviser George Stephanopoulos, who is likely to gain in clout -- partly as a matter of subtraction. With Gergen focusing on foreign policy and McLarty playing a more compartmentalized role, Clinton will hear less of their moderate advice to counter the more liberal outlook of Stephanopoulos. (In fact, one reason Gergen took Gore's offer to go to State is that he knew Stephanopoulos would cut him out of the information loop on domestic-policy questions once McLarty was no longer in a position as chief of staff to protect him.) Despite their past differences with...
...Leon Panetta: The deficit hawk takes charge...