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...there were solid doubts in Washington last week over whether Ford had acted alone in the not very astute scheme. The suspicions centered on Rumsfeld. His professions of surprise and reluctance seemed a bit overdone. When a visitor asked Kissinger whether Rumsfeld really had seriously hesitated about wanting the Pentagon post, the Secretary of State snapped: "Yes, and Richard Nixon didn't want to be President." It seemed obvious that last week's sensations have not ended the White House intrigues...
...with the President over New York City. The split was not acrimonious. When Rocky was quoted as saying that default would be a "catastrophe," the President mildly reprimanded him but did not order him to stop speaking out. White House aides, on the other hand, were more emphatic. Donald Rumsfeld, said a Rocky sympathizer, was "jumping up and down." Already miffed because the President had backed Rocky's plan for a $100 billion energy independence authority, Treasury Secretary William Simon joined the sniping. As the pressures mounted, Rocky decided to take himself out of the race. When he revealed...
...Vice President to the urgent national problems that have always concerned him. But stripped of his political power, he may find that he lacks clout in other areas as well. Instead of being attacked, he may be ignored-the ultimate humiliation for such a lifelong political activist. Richard Cheney, Rumsfeld's successor as White House Chief of Staff, is a Rumsfeld man. When a White House staffer was recently asked a question about the Vice President, he replied "Who?" and then chuckled malevolently...
...assess Donald Rumsfeld as the new Defense Secretary...
...where Rumsfeld stands. I still don't know enough about his philosophy. If he's put there to get us melting down our swords, then it's bad. We'll get a quick reading from Rumsfeld's position on the new defense budget...