WHO'S WHO
WHO'S WHO in the Administration How does one fashion a reputation as one who wields influence? One could take a lesson from former White House counsel Fred Fielding, who is now building up his...
...How does one gain a reputation for losing influence...
...This was asked loudly enough for a nearby Washington Post reporter to hear and then print it verbatim the next day...
...At a recent gala reception, Fielding walked up to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, shook his hand, and when Scalia made reference to his confirmation, asked, "Will you ever forgive me for getting you into this...
...Ambassador to South Africa—Edward Perkins has been ambassador to Liberia...
...Our sources tell us that Patrick Buchanan is definitely leaving the White House after this month's elections...
...Did you know Donald Regan has his own secret service detail...
...Two committed conservatives are now leading the charge on Reagan's welfare reform initiative...
...STATE Ambassador to Argentina—Theodore E. Gildred...
...Laurence A. Rooker, a former IRS investigator, testified that the IRS failed to pursue its investigation of possible skimming at a Nevada casino in part because Laxalt owned some of the business...
...She has followed her former boss into private life, leaving the White House to work as senior vice president and director of international public affairs in the Washington office of the Hill & Knowlton public relations firm...
...Attorney General Edwin Meese III may no longer work at the White House, but he retains plenty of influence on domestic policies through the Justice Department's Domestic Policy Council...
...JUSTICE Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs—Lois Haight Herrington has resigned...
...STATE Ambassador to Argentina—Frank V. Ortiz Jr...
...Director of VISTA—Jane Kenny was special assistant to Vice President Bush...
...A mere six months after Deaver dutifully took him off Nancy's hands, Verstandig is going into business for himself, though whether Deaver can't afford him, can't bear him, or just can't hold him, is unclear...
...Study the case of Michael Deaver who has already lost more than $1 million of business from foreign clients alone...
...That Laxalt's potential popularity is enormous can be seen in so prominent a columnist as David S. Broder guessing that voters would "like what they see" in Laxalt, a man Broder says conveys "the most engaging of Reagan's personal qualities:' There's just one little reservation holding everyone back: Laxalt might still turn out to be a crook...
...In September we noted that because of National Security Affairs Adviser John Poindexter's botched efforts, the NSC staff was considered one of the worst in history...
...Inc., Rockwell International, Trans World Airlines, and most likely, Boeing Corporation...
...AGENCIES AND COMMISSIONS Vice Chairman, Commission on Civil Rights—Morris B. Abram will be chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations...
...In HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration—David M. Sundwall, MD was staff director for Health and Human Resources on the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee...
...It is said he cherishes the imperial trappings, the hustle and bustle of the dramatic entrances and exits they provide...
...The latest casualty of Deaver's demise has been Lee L. Verstandig...
...Remember him...
...AGENCIES AND COMMISSIONS Vice Chairman, Commission on Civil Rights—Murray Friedman was director of the Mid-Atlantic States office of the American Jewish Committee...
...A potentially damaging bit of evidence in Laxalt's libel suit against McClatchy Newspapers was recently made public...
...Charles D. Hobbs, head of the Council's working group on low-income opportunity, and Under Secretary of Education Gary L. Bauer, head of the Council's working group on the family, are both doing major studies of the welfare system and its effects on the family and the poor...
...On a recommendation from Deaver, Verstandig got a job last spring as Nancy Reagan's chief of staff, a job he was forced out of just 24 days later after angering the rest of the staff with what some said was his arrogance...
...Member, Federal Home Loan B?nk Board—Mary A. Grigsby has resigned...
...WHO'S WHO in the Administration How does one fashion a reputation as one who wields influence...
...Some Republican insiders would love to lift Senator Paul Laxalt onto their shoulders as their 1988 presidential candidate, particularly since they worry that those who are now clamoring to be carried may not be able to win...
...The list of firms and governments Deaver no longer represents continues to grow: Canada, Mexico, South Korea, Singapore, the CBI Group, CBS Inc., Philip Morris Cos...
...One could take a lesson from former White House counsel Fred Fielding, who is now building up his private practice...
...Many of those terrible rumors about Robert McFarlane's extra-curricular love life at the White House involved Karna Small, who, as deputy director for press relations at the National Security Council, was said to have been especially close to Robert McFarlane...
...Now comes the disclosure in The Washington Post of Poindexter's memo to the president endorsing a policy of deception aimed at convincing Gadhafi that he was about to be attacked...
...Out WHITE HOUSE Deputy Staff Director, the National Security Council—Donald R. Fortier died...
Vol. 18 • November 1986 • No. 10
