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...Rumsfeld: Eyes and Ears...
Relaxing aboard the Spirit of 76 one night in November 1970, President Richard Nixon turned to Donald Rumsfeld, a White House counsellor, and said: "Rummy, one day you're going to be making these decisions. " Rumsfeld began to demur. "No," insisted Nixon, "one day you're going to be President...
...thought-and the hope-had often occurred to Rumsfeld, 43, an extraordinarily ambitious and dedicated man who has always looked ahead to the next job up the line, even while working as the chief of Jerry Ford's White House staff. In that position he serves as the President's eyes and ears, responsible for scheduling Ford's time, determining in large part what he needs and whom he sees as well as executing his orders. Since Ford, unlike Nixon, wants to be accessible to his top advisers, Rumsfeld neither stands in their way nor seeks...
Stand-Up Desk. An exuberant, energetic man with boyish good looks that are enhanced by aviator-type glasses, Rumsfeld prowls restlessly around his large corner office-he calls it "the cellophane box"-in a corner of the White House's West Wing, just a few quick paces from the Oval Office. He works at a stand-up desk, whisking through the papers that flow into the White House, then composing memos on a Dictaphone to be transcribed by one of his two secretaries...
...voice is raspy and his talk so crisp that it borders on brusqueness. He has little patience with incompetence. When a subordinate once tarried too long over an explanation, Rumsfeld snapped: "Come back when you have something to say." He projects an air of aloofness; he also creates the impression that he is too clever by half, that he coolly evaluates everyone he sees. "Each time you meet him, it's for the first time," says a White House aide. Yet Rumsfeld's intense, controlled style is a nice counterbalance to Ford's fondness for relaxed good...