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Inside the White House, the Presidents key aide, Don Rumsfeld, puts this June upsurge down to a rekindling of trust and respect for the man and the office -The intangible ingredient that holds and guides any nation, something that transcends policy differences and national problems...
Biggest Threat. The first meeting failed to name a campaign director. Laird was everybody's first choice, but he declined, preferring to stay on as a troubleshooter for The Reader's Digest Association Inc. Another possibility is Donald Rumsfeld, White House chief of staff. Rumsfeld might be reluctant to give up his powerful post for the rigors of managing a tough campaign, but if he thought the President was in serious danger of losing, he would probably make the plunge. George Bush, chief of the U.S. liaison office hi Peking, has also been mentioned. An adroit U.S. Ambassador...
Says White House Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld, the keeper of Ford's revolving door to the Oval Office: "You can gain a lot from reading and thinking, but you're more likely to acquire a sense of the mood of the country by meeting with people. It's important that the President have a sense not only of the intellectual content of an issue, but also be exposed to its intensity...
...DONALD RUMSFELD, 42. The quietly ambitious and well-positioned White House chief of staff must automatically be considered for any vacancy that occurs in a major post. As director of the Office of Economic Opportunity and then director of the Cost of Living Council under Nixon, Rumsfeld did not serve with any particular distinction. After serving a year and a half as NATO Ambassador, he was brought back home by his old friend Ford to clear up the chaos in the White House. He has subsequently strengthened his position by bringing a few of his own men into the Administration...
Ford's approach was not what his closest domestic advisers, Bob Hartmann, Donald Rumsfeld and John Marsh, had argued for or anticipated. Indeed, almost up until the day of the speech, Ford's White House staff appeared confident that the President would take the high road this time, extend a conciliatory hand toward Congress, and in the process demonstrate his own command of foreign policy. They underestimated Ford's vulnerability to the last-minute persuasion of Henry Kissinger...