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...morning of Oct. 19, we were received in the White House by the President. Also present were Baker, Scowcroft, head of the White House staff John Sununu, and other close aides of the President. Bush asked whether it was really possible to interpret Saddam's contention that he was a "realist" as a sign of his readiness to get out of Kuwait. The President displayed a keen interest in the psychological characteristics of Saddam and in the history of my relations with him. Bush asked many specific questions, and he took notes. It was obvious that some of my observations...
...ranks as a longtime Bush crony. But his talents run more toward glad-handing than mapping strategy or managing a far-flung staff. Those tasks will probably be left to Robert Teeter, a veteran of the 1988 campaign and public opinion expert. Chief of staff John Sununu also plans to exercise considerable control over the campaign. And hard-hitting political adman Roger Ailes, who has been coaching Bush on his TV appearances throughout the gulf crisis, is expected to return as image adviser...
White House officials say the surprise departure last week of Ed Rogers, John Sununu's top political aide, is in part an attempt by the chief of staff to paper over his own mistakes. Rogers had built a reputation as Sununu's enforcer, and was expected to be his boss's eyes and ears in the 1992 re- election campaign. But the chief of staff alienated so many Bush supporters over the past five months that damage control became necessary. Exit Rogers. Already, Sununu is having trouble finding a replacement. Said one official: "Sununu has managed to poison relationships with...
...gunners were three White House aides: Budget Director Richard Darman, White House chief of staff John Sununu and Michael Boskin, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. The troika treated most measures that would compel conservation as unwarranted government interference in the free market. "Watkins' proposals just got blasted by Sununu, Darman and Boskin," says a White House official. "They just tore them apart...
...Washington Press Club Foundation's big dinner, which Bush did not attend, almost no one dared rib the President. One of the few good laughs of the night came from humorist Dave Barry who, professing evenhandedness after some gibes aimed at White House chief of staff John Sununu, said, "I would now level an equally cheap shot at a high-ranking, influential Democrat -- if there were any." Speaker of the House Tom Foley laughed a little too hard. And on Friday when Bush visited three military bases in the South that had units in the gulf battle, there...