WHO'S WHO in the Administration
WHO'S WHO in the Administration You may have thought budget director David Stockman was exaggerating when he went before the Senate Budget Committee this month and charged that "institutional...
...Memo to Judy Goldsmith: Ann Wrobleski, who is leaving the East Wing for a job at the State Department, was paid $45,000 to be director of projects...
...Staff Secretary and Deputy Assistant to the President— David L. Chew has been senior deputy comptroller of the currency for policy and planning...
...There's potential for real trouble, though, in the new division of responsibilities between the communications director and the press secretary, a position still held by Larry Speakes...
...AGENCIES AND COMMISSIONS Director, ACTION—Thomas W. Pauken has resigned to return to Waco, Texas where he is the owner of radio station WCRZ...
...JUSTICE Attorney General—Edwin Meese III has been counselor to the president...
...has resigned to join the law firm of Weil, Gotshal and Manges...
...We'll probably see a more collegial group of equals functioning together, with Alfred Kingon, assistant secretary at Treasury coming over to assume Craig Fuller's responsibilities for cabinet relations, Thomas C Dawson, another assistant secretary, handling business and consumer relations, Christopher Hicks and David Chew, both executive assistants, filling Margaret Tutwiler's shoes as all around expediters, and Richard P. Riley, special assistant to the secretary, performing the role of valet . . . .Three key members of the White House staff are not in Regan's camp: Max Friedersdorf, Ed Rollins, and Larry Speakes...
...Deputy Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration— Dr...
...Her successor, Kenneth L. Barun, will be paid $60,000...
...William Middendorf II has been the ambassador to the Organization of American States...
...The likely result of this effort to soothe Speakes's ego will be that both Speakes and Buchanan will set up independent lines of information to the press, confounding White House efforts at news management . . . . The Baker-Regan job switch raises a question: Who will become the next Richard Darman, the man who played such a big role at the White House as James Baker's assistant...
...TREASURY Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs and Public Liaison—Margaret Tutwiler has been deputy assistant to the president for political affairs...
...Assistant to the President—Craig L. Fuller has been assistant to the president for cabinet affairs...
...Executive Director, Consumer Product Safety Commission— Leonard DeFiore has been superintendent of schools for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington...
...Our sources say no one...
...AGENCIES AND COMMISSIONS Director, ACTION—Donna M. Alvarado has been deputy assistant secretary of defense for equal opportunity and safety policy...
...Regan's deputy secretary at Treasury, R.T...
...Assistant to the President for Political and Governmental Affairs—Edward J. Rollins, has been the White House political director and was director of the Reagan-Bush campaign...
...INTERIOR Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks—G...
...But Friedersdorf has his own line of communication with the president, and Rollins is a protege of Stuart Spencer, who has Reagan's confidence...
...General Counsel, Consumer Product Safety Commission— Daniel Levinson has been deputy general counsel of the Office of Personnel Management...
...Ambassador to the Organization of American States—Richard T. McCormack has been assistant secretary of state for economic and business affairs...
...Ray Arnett has been named executive vice president of the National Rifle Association...
...Rogers has been assistant to the president for management and administration and director of the White House office of administration...
...HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Assistant Secretary for Housing, Federal Housing Commissioner—Maurice L. Barksdale has resigned to return to private business and a possible political career in Texas...
...AGRICULTURE Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Inspection Services—C.W...
...But he won't have all that much policy input...
...Assistant Secretary for Administration—John F.W...
...McMillan will return to work in Washington as a consultant...
...Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff—Richard P. Riley has been the special assistant to the secretary of the treasury...
...STATE Ambassador to the European Economic Community-J...
...STATE U.S...
...Assistant to the President and Legislative Strategy Coordinator—Max L. Friedersdorf has been a vice president of Pepsico Inc...
...McNamar, has never been close to him and is rumored to be looking into private sector prospects...
...Mark Novitch has resigned to become vice president of Upjohn Company...
...In WHITE HOUSE Assistant to the President and Director of Communications—Patrick J. Buchanan has been a syndicated columnist...
...Cabinet Secretary and Deputy Assistant to the President—Alfred H. Kingon has been assistant secretary of the treasury for policy planning and communications...
...ENERGY Assistant Secretary for Congressional, Intergovernmental, and Public Affairs and Acting Assistant Secretary for Policy, Safety and Environment—Robert C. Odle Jr...
...Deputy Assistant to the President for Administration— Christopher Hicks has been executive assistant to the secretary of the treasury...
...Now both Speakes and the more temperamental Buchanan will report to Regan, who probably won't have the time to coordinate their responsibilities in dealing with the press...
...Out WHITE HOUSE Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff—James W. Cicconi will join the Washington office of the Houston law firm of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld...
...Representative to the United Nations—Jeane J. Kirkpatrick is returning to her former post as professor of government at Georgetown University...
...Deputy Postmaster General—Jackie A. Strange has been postmaster general for the southern region...
...Executive Director, Consumer Product Safety Commission— Edgar Morgan is returning to the private sector...
...Of the few people Regan took to the White House with him, none have Darman's depth of experience or lust for power...
...Speakes used to report to David Gergan, a system that led to some bickering...
...WHO'S WHO in the Administration You may have thought budget director David Stockman was exaggerating when he went before the Senate Budget Committee this month and charged that "institutional forces in the military are more concerned about protecting their retirement benefits than they are about protecting the security of the American people" But when Ronald Reagan proposed a military pay freeze back in 1983, Charles A. Gabriel, Air Force chief of staff, said he would have preferred to cut weapons . . . . Liberals and moderates took the appointment of Patrick J. Buchanan to the position of White House communications director as a sign of a rightward tilt in the administration...
...Counselor to the Attorney General—Ronald L. Blunt has been special assistant to the attorney general...
...Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff and Deputy Assistant to the President—Thomas C. Dawson has been assistant secretary of the treasury for business and consumer affairs...
...Representative to the United Nations—Vernon Walters has been a consultant and ambassador-at-large for the State Department...
Vol. 17 • March 1985 • No. 2
