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Early last week his advisers told Bush that his veto could not be sustained in Congress. Adamant, Bush and his combative chief of staff, John Sununu, insisted the White House must prevail if Bush were to convert his passive public approval to tangible political clout. In an interview with TIME on the eve of the China vote, Bush urged that Congress not "just seek confrontation in an election year." He warned, "I won't be any pushover...
...feel that we define bipartisanship as their doing what we want them to do. Being cooperative did not get them much last year." This official would prefer to trade favors and make deals -- to allow the Democrats "to be the winners sometimes to get what we want." But Sununu and others, adds the official, "have a real desire to inflict pain for its own sake...
Such coverage, by giving the appearance of debate within the scientific community and ignoring the likely effects of global warming, has created widespread confusion on the issue and led to a public policy that is counterproductive and even dangerous. For White House Chief of Staff John Sununu insists that we should focus solely on research until we can understand the science better...
White House chief of staff John Sununu, appearing on CBS-TV's "Face the Nation," said the administration wants to make sure Noriega gets a fair trial...
...ought not to do anything that creates a different category for the defendant once he enters the judicial system," Sununu said in response to a question about plea bargaining...