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...visits was Bruce Lindsey's characterization of them as social calls. According to a Times story by Jeff Gerth and Stephen Labaton, Lindsey withheld information about the Riady meetings despite the recommendations of White House lawyers Jane Sherburne and Mark Fabiani. A Times editorial then called on Lindsey to resign. But while Sherburne was quoted in Gerth and Labaton's story, Fabiani has never confirmed the account. Sources close to Sherburne say that she never felt she had been overruled or lied to by Lindsey and that the Times torqued up a conflict...
...this year is that its own internal problems have prevented it from getting things done. After all, its legislation received about as much coverage as did the heated debates between Hyman and Rudd Coffey. These former presidential opponents could not put personal interests aside, and Coffey had to finally resign...
After announcing his decision last week to resign as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, David Kessler remarked, "We took on some of the most difficult regulatory challenges, and I think we've made some progress." Not even the numerous--and vociferous--critics of Kessler's tumultuous six years at the FDA would argue with the first part of that statement. Kessler, 45, was a rarity among Washington bureaucrats: a political appointee willing to embrace controversy and weather the consequences...
...endorsed. No, the Clinton administration refuses to support Boutros-Ghali because it is afraid of arousing the ire of Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Jesse Helms (R-N.C.), a hard-line reactionary whose world view has scarcely changed since the dawn of the Cold War. The many resignations of prominent Clinton staffers also reflect the President's political weakness. Granted, some, such as Energy Secretary Hazel R. O'Leary, have been forced out. But Senior Adviser George Stephonopolous, Chief of Staff Leon E. Panetta and Secretary of Labor Robert B. Reich are all leaving voluntarily. Yesterday, Food and Drug...
Although Ellwood did not resign over political issues, he shares Bane's concerns...