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Forces within the White House, led by chief of staff John Sununu, have seized upon the debate and persuaded President Bush to take a cautious approach to the problem. While not dismissing the greenhouse threat, the President has emphasized the need for more scientific research to help determine the proper policy response. This go-slow approach has irritated government officials in several other countries, especially in Western Europe. As the Europeans point out, many scientists still fear that global warming could take place unless strong action is taken to prevent...
...environmentalists, the prime suspect in the White House's go-slow approach is chief of staff John Sununu, whose free-market principles put industrial growth ahead of Government regulation...
Speakers also criticized President Bush's inaction on environmental issues, and White House Chief of Staff John Sununu's skepticism of the imminence and catastrophic implications of global warming...
...that respect, Sununu is a useful "bad cop" to Bush's "good cop." The President emphasized to TIME that he will renew his offer of cooperation with Congress this week in his first State of the Union address. But he warned half-jokingly, as he rolled his eyes in the direction of a smiling Sununu, "You've got some ((people)) sitting around here that aren't quite as kind and gentle." Never a patient sort, Sununu has grown exasperated with Congress's failure to act on the Administration's agenda and has persuaded Bush to depict the Democrats...
...help him assert leadership in these areas, Bush needs a strong Secretary of the Environment. The obvious candidate is William Reilly, the EPA chief. A longtime conservationist, Reilly has been forceful in environmental causes, but he has sometimes been thwarted by White House chief of staff John Sununu and other Administration officials. Sununu, for example, has been skeptical about the threat of global warming, an issue that deeply concerns Reilly. The White House now needs to pull together on the environmental front. With broad support in Congress for an Environmental Department, advocates hope it can be created by April...