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...group of hawkish national-security mavens publicly called on President Clinton to launch an all-out U.S. air war and a proxy ground war to topple Saddam Hussein. Several of those experts are now on the Bush team, including Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, his designated deputy, Paul Wolfowitz, and the nominee for No. 2 at the State Department, Richard Armitage...
...Bush is still working on a Secretary of Defense: Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge was ruled out as too moderate; former Indiana Senator Dan Coats didn't wow Bush in a meeting last week; Reagan-era Pentagon aide Paul Wolfowitz is regarded more as policy expert than top-down manager. The Pentagon has proved to be tough to fill as well because it stands to reason that Bush will look first to vice- president Dick Cheney and Powell for advice on military matters...
...than overwhelmed after sitting down with his vice-president's choice, former Indiana senator Dan Coats. Coats, who led the charge against gays in the military in 1993, is a favorite of the far-right crowd, but may not be the wonk Bush is looking for. And so Paul Wolfowitz, who did Asia-expert duties for Reagan and tutor duties for W. during the campaign, is back in the running...
...Nunn says yes, Bush's national security team would have two blacks, one female and a white southern Democrat. Not a bad start. If Nunn says no, Bush might turn to Paul Wolfowitz, a very conservative former Reagan defense official, for Defense. If Nunn says yes, Wolfowitz may go to the CIA, and then Bush could announce all four at once - something for everyone in that quartet...
...many dangerous warheads. Bush and his advisers mulled over that concept a year ago in Austin, Texas, then set it aside for the primaries. The topic popped up again during his Sunday phone conferences with Condoleezza Rice and other aides. On May 2, Bush summoned Rice, defense expert Paul Wolfowitz and campaign-policy director Josh Bolton to his new ranch outside Waco to nail down a proposal to announce in time to color this week's U.S.-Russia summit. (Before getting to business, Bush insisted on grabbing a pickup truck and taking the three on an off-road tour...