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While Powell has a staff of only four, the third floor of his office building is teeming with summiteers. "It's getting wild around here, and I say that as someone who went through the Persian Gulf War," says Colonel Bill Smullen, Powell's top aide. With just two months to pull off a splashy national event, Powell conducts short, ruthlessly efficient meetings. Former Reaganaut Michael Deaver, a p.r. consultant, says, "You might think something is going to breeze through, but nothing gets by unchallenged. He hates to waste time; he makes decisions easily. He is absolutely in charge...
...deny reports that the former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman had agreed to advise Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole in his presidential bid -- or was anywhere near deciding to become a candidate himself. "Colin Powell is very actively devoted to the writing of his memoirs," said spokesman Bill Smullen. "He has said repeatedly that while he's not going to rule anything in or rule anything out in terms what he's going to do with the rest of his life, he has no fire burning in his belly at this point for politics...
...stepping aside, and Clinton would be reluctant to push him out. Though Powell is said to like Clinton -- despite "doubts about some of his habits," as one close friend puts it -- he would have little to gain by tying himself to an unpopular Administration. Powell's spokesman, Bill Smullen, says that the general is preoccupied writing his memoirs but "is not going to rule anything...
...feeling at Harvard that the chairman is representative of resistance would be incorrect," says his spokesperson Col. F. William Smullen. "He was principally concerned about the effect the changing of the policy would have on unit cohesion and morals. We are now working very vigorously to construct a policy to implement the presidential program...
...William Smullen, spokesperson for Powell, said two weeks ago that Powell was aware of a possible negative reaction on campus to his choice as Commencement speaker. "It's fair to say they did at one point in time express some concerns," he said. Smullen said that, though Powell has defended the ban in the past, he will support Clinton's plans to lift...