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...briefed daily on international developments, including Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's efforts to work out a peace accord between Israel and Egypt (see THE WORLD). He called together his top aides for a conference on oil prices, and met with White House Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld to affix the presidential signature to routine bills and appointments. But for the most part. Ford kept himself a chip shot away from the world's problems...
...times. But this attempt at simplification did not work out in practice; there were still too many people clamoring to see him, too many interruptions, too many demands on his time. The President still needs a kind of traffic cop, and Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld is entrusted with deciding who should see him and when...
...different direction: "I'm going to take a long, hard look at that Reagan committee," meaning at the group's observance of campaign laws. Already some friction has developed among presidential aides wanting control of the campaign. Callaway has been told to report to Donald Rumsfeld, Ford's White House chief of staff, rather than to Presidential Counsellor Robert Hartmann, whose duties have included political matters. Hartmann aides are seething...
...conferences with congressional groups, and joins smaller sessions with his father and one or two key advisers. He listens intently, sometimes takes notes, but never speaks out. Of the White House staff, he says: "I know who the charmers are-and the hard-asses too." Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld has instructed Jack about the many steps that go into White House decision making. Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, has given him brisk tutorials on the state of the economy, talks that Jack has particularly relished...
...Clifton Daniel, the Times Washington bureau chief, and told him that invitations were being sent for an "informal" lunch with the President. On Jan. 16, seven top Timesmen were ushered into a small dining room in the East Wing for lamb chops with Ford, Nessen, Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld, Economic Adviser Alan Greenspan and Special Consultant Robert Goldwin. The gathering was cordial, though Ford occasionally interjected "Now this is off the record" and "This is not for public." Talk eventually turned to the Rockefeller commission. Ford expressed concern that the inquiry could uncover embarrassing CIA activities not related...