Word: sununu
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...comes to protecting his turf. When John Chubb, an education expert from the Brookings Institution, made it known that he was in line for a White House post that would allow him to serve as a "counterpoint to the Education Department," Cavazos persuaded White House chief of staff John Sununu to quash the appointment. The country would be better served if Cavazos applied that kind of assertiveness to doing his job, not just keeping...
...most common assets is the ability to delegate, but also the willingness to get involved in the details," Sununu said...
...personal note, Sununu said his job as chief of staff was similar to his former job as governor of New Hampshire...
...briefer with his bagful of woes pulls up beside Bush's desk. The cables from the secret operatives have grown distinctly more worrisome. By 7:30, when the angry traffic has built up on streets beyond the iron fence, Bush has heard from Scowcroft and chief of staff John Sununu. The President's own gleanings from his ceaseless phone calls and television viewing are cranked into the day's crisis agenda. Last week he glanced at the men around him, his principal national security staff, and said, "I saw on TV last night those pictures of Billy Ford ((Panama...
...international treaty to address global warming. Finally on Thursday, even as the President was busy reacting to the crisis in Panama, the White House sent a special cable to the U.S. delegation attending a U.N.-sponsored environment meeting in Geneva. The cable, signed by chief of staff John Sununu, directed the American representatives to invite the other participating nations to a global-warming workshop in Washington this fall. Said Sununu in the message: "The scope and importance of this issue are so great that it is essential for the U.S. to exercise a leadership role...