WHO'S WHO in the Administration
WHO'S WHO in the Administration Lawrence Eagleburger, the undersecretary for political affairs at the State Department and the man who, along with George Shultz, is the architect of...
...We asked a source who is knowledgeable about Mideast policy to survey the field...
...Then, after scratching his head awhile, he concluded there's only one man for the job: William Eagleton, the current charge d'affaires in Baghdad...
...Eagleton's served in tough posts—Libya and Algeria—and our source says that he's the sleeper in this horserace...
...She is the female Tom Eagleton, the kind of caring, common-sensical person you'd like to have for a neighbor...
...He said there's nobody in Foggy Bottom either...
...According to the GAO, less than 6 percent of all Pentagon contracts are put up for competitive bidding...
...Last January, you'll recall, Jesse Jackson was rebuffed when he asked the Democratic National Committee to lower the "threshold" to win delegates from 20 percent to 10 percent...
...Walter Mondale, sensitive to criticism that he's trying to stack the deck against a minority candidate, was willing to agree to the reduction, but Charles Manatt, the party chairman, wasn't...
...As a result, reports Howell Raines in The New York Times, Manatt may face retribution—not from Jackson, but from Mondale, whose campaign officers were infuriated by Manatt's stubborn refusal to tinker with his precious Hunt Commission's recommendations...
...Now, when we're virtually at war in Lebanon, who do we have to take his place...
...The other is Nancy Kassebaum, who has quietly emerged as one of the most conscientious senators...
...WHO'S WHO in the Administration Lawrence Eagleburger, the undersecretary for political affairs at the State Department and the man who, along with George Shultz, is the architect of this administration's Mideast policy, will leave the government this summer...
...Another sign that Caspar Weinberger triumphed over David Stockman on this year's Defense budget is that the number of budget examiners assigned by the OMB to scrutinize Pentagon costs has been reduced from 32 to 24, as the Pentagon's share of the national budget continues to soar...
...One is Charles Grassley, who pushed Pentagon whistleblower Chuck Spinney into the limelight and who is now pushing a "creeping capitalism" bill to increase bidding for military spare parts...
...In our January issue, when this column bemoaned the absence of military reformers among Senate Republicans, we overlooked two exceptions...
...He said there's nobody in the White House who's qualified...
Vol. 16 • March 1984 • No. 2
