WHO'S WHO in the Administration
WHO'S WHO in the Administration As you may recall, in our September issue we revealed that Reagan’s reelection campaign would be cochaired by Senator Paul Laxalt and Drew Lewis, the former...
...The three aren’t the only ones who’ve demonstrated such ideological dexterity...
...The UNESCO job in Paris was one the present occupant apparently wanted to keep, and the post of consul-general in Bermuda didn’t sway Rosebush-it doesn’t have ambassadorial rank...
...DEFENSE Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs-William Mayer has been administrator of alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health at the Department of Health and Human Services...
...She can now be found toiling for David Stockman...
...Speakes was sandbagged by his assistant, Les Janka, who leaked his memo to the press, hurting Speakes and leaving Janka with a choice of being fired or resigning immediately...
...WHO'S WHO in the Administration As you may recall, in our September issue we revealed that Reagan’s reelection campaign would be cochaired by Senator Paul Laxalt and Drew Lewis, the former secretary of transportation...
...COMMERCE Assistant Secretary for Trade Administration-Lawrence J. Brady has resigned...
...We also disclosed that Jim Lake, who departed the Reagan circle in February 1980 along with then-campaign manager John Sears, would serve as the campaign’s press secretary...
...Senior White House officials apparently didn’t give Speakes any notice In lodging an internal complaint about his treatment, the press secretary erred only by putting it in writing...
...In WHITE HOUSE National Security Adviser-Robert McFarlane has been deputy assistant and personal representative to the Middle East...
...Patricia Byrne, once on Jody Powell’s staff, now works for John Rogers, director of the White House Office of Administration...
...AGENCIES AND COMMISSIONS Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration-John H. Riley has been an organizer for the Senate Rail Caucus...
...Deputy Press Secretary, Foreign Affairs-Robert B. Sims is also senior National Security Council director for public affairs...
...out WHITE HOUSE Deputy Press Secretary, Foreign Affairs--Leslie A. Janka has been fired...
...That would be a bum rap...
...STATE Special Representative to the Middle East-Donald Rumsfeld is a former defense secretary and U.S...
...Internal efforts to find a graceful exit for Jim Rosebush, Nancy’s chief of staff, so far have proved clumsy failures...
...Speaking of Lake, the high regard he engenders in the Reagan camp is suggested by recent rumors that he will be considered for the job of White House press secretary should Larry Speakes, who is viewed as loyal but somewhat limited, decide to leave Perhaps a more inspired choice, given Reagan’s poor regard among women, would be Sheila Tate, now press secretary to Nancy Reagan...
...Director, Presidential Speechwriting Office-Bently Elliot has been acting director...
...LABOR Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management-Thomas C. Komarek has been administrator of financial and management systems at the Employment Training Administration...
...Subtler hints are being given presidential speechwriter Tony Dolan...
...ENERGY Assistant Secretary for International Affairs-Helmut A. Merklein has been teaching at Texas A&M University...
...representative to NATO...
...All three worked for Stu Eizenstat, Carter’s domestic policy adviser and chief keeper of the debate books...
...If you’re still following Debategate, a recent item in the Washington Times suggests three more suspects: Kathleen Reid, Rosemary Rogers, and Georgia O’Connor...
...Vanna Shields was personal secretary to Sarah Weddington, Carter’s chief strategist on the Equal Rights Amendment...
...Tate has shown skill and good humor in her efforts to persuade the country that the fist lady is not Marie Antoinette...
...If Speakes does leave, don’t ascribe it to a blunder on his part in misleading reporters about the invasion of Grenada...
...Formal announcements have since confiied our disclosures about Laxalt and Lake Still no official word on Lewis, though our best information says he’ll join the campaign next spring...
...As Speakes has painfully learned, Janka is a classic exam-ple of the most dangerous leaker in Washington-the new, junior employee whose loyalty to his boss can still be overridden by his need to demonstrate his status as an insider to friends and acquaintances...
...and now for Bently Elliott...
...Once the heir apparent to chief speechwriter Ken Khachigian, he‘s now been passed over twice, first for Aram Bakshian Jr...
...Reid is now a special assistant to the Reagan’s domestic policy staff and Rogers and O’Connor work as assistants to Martin Feldstein, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers...
Vol. 15 • December 1983 • No. 9
