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...something dramatic, and do it quickly, led Clinton to try to bring a Republican into the Cabinet. A senior official approached former New Hampshire Senator Warren Rudman two weeks ago about replacing Lloyd Bentsen as Treasury Secretary. Rudman declined the tentative offer, however, and Clinton turned to Robert Rubin, the director of the National Economic Council, who had been Bentsen's presumptive heir for months. Rubin isn't expected to change course at Treasury, but his ability to broker compromises on bitter policy fights will be missed at the White House...
Much of the discontent is aimed at Clinton. The President has been unable to decide on how to replace Rubin at the NEC or Mike Espy at Agriculture. The race to take over the Democratic National Committee has cooled since the party discovered a $5 million debt. Nor has Clinton been able to persuade anyone to take charge of his re-election effort. One reason: few believe Clinton can prevent his wife, his top White House aides or his outside consultants from taking over...
Despite support on some issues from Budget Director Alice Rivlin, the Reich faction seemed outgunned, at least for the moment, by an unlikely alliance of go-slow conservatives and go-slow liberals. Chief of staff Leon Panetta, departing Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen and his designated replacement Robert Rubin, warned against rhetoric that might make the Administration appear "antibusiness." Panetta told TIME he gets "nervous" about heated rhetoric "on the left or the right...
...Rubin to Run Treasury...
REPORTERS: Elizabeth L. Bland, Hannah Bloch, Barbara Burke, Tresa Chambers, Tom Curry, Kathryn Jackson Fallon, Janice M. Horowitz, Jeanette Isaac, Daniel S. Levy, Lina Lofaro, Lisa McLaughlin, Lawrence Mondi, Alice Park, Michael Quinn, Jeffery C. Rubin, Andrea Sachs, Alain L. Sanders, David Seideman, Sribala Subramanian, David E. Thigpen...