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Most career-agency officials welcome the appointment of the OSS veteran-as long as he selects a capable deputy to take care of the details that he prefers to shun. But first Casey must survive a tough grilling by Senators on accusations of misconduct as SEC chief, including an old charge that he tried to thwart an SEC inquiry of Fugitive Financier Robert Vesco in 1972. Casey, with typical bluntness, professes no concern. Says the CIA nominee: "I've been confirmed by the U.S. Senate four times. I don't think there's any question...
These new administrators--whose average age slightly exceeds the national speed limit--share other traits as well. They are conservative, and they are distressingly corporate in their outlook. For the most part they shun leisure suits, which must distress Jerry Falwell and company, but their political philosophies seem very far to the right of skewed national spectrum. Actually, their political philosophies are comparatively unimportant--they seem sure to be loyal team players, who will follow the admonitions of a veteran leading...
...bull, a tiger, a hustler, a zealot, an entreprenurial guy, an unmodified enthusiast, and a genuine one." Despite his carefully controlled veneer when discussing matters important to him, Allison is "in a fundamental way, a regular guy," according to Jackson. And his style has never been to shun controversy. In fact, he often seems to attract it, at times betraying more than a trace of bluster. If Allison displays many characteristics associated with the "consummate bureaucrat," he also has a streak of maverick individualism, sometimes, he concedes, to a fault...
...bull, a tiger, a hustler, a zealot, an entreprenurial guy, an unmodified enthusiast, and a genuine one." Despite his carefully controlled veneer when discussing matters important to him, Allison is "in a fundamental way, a regular guy," according to Jackson. And his style has never been to shun controversy. In fact, he often seems to attract it, at times betraying more than a trace of bluster. If Allison displays many characteristics associated with the "consummate bureaucrat," he also has a streak of maverick individualism, sometimes, he concedes, to a fault...
...bull, a tiger, a hustler, a zealot, an entreprenurial guy, an unmodified enthusiast, and a genuine one." Despite his carefully controlled veneer when discussing matters important to him, Allison is "in a fundamental way, a regular guy," according to Jackson. And his style has never been to shun controversy. In fact, he often seems to attract it, at times betraying more than a trace of bluster. If Allison displays many characteristics associated with the "consummate bureaucrat," he also has a streak of maverick individualism, sometimes, he concedes, to a fault...