WHO'S WHO
WHO'S WHO in the Administration After we wrote in September about how White House infighting declines as an administration approaches its end, our West Wing sources hastened to tell us that...
...WHO'S WHO in the Administration After we wrote in September about how White House infighting declines as an administration approaches its end, our West Wing sources hastened to tell us that there is still some infighting going on...
...Baker, by the way, is said to have been disturbed about Alan Greenspan's failure to consult him about the Fed's September increase in the discount rate...
...Ambassador to Portugal—Richard N. Viets...
...Kenneth P. Bergquist will not be confirmed as assistant secretary of defense for special operations...
...Transportation: Secretary—James H. Burnley IV...
...She is not afraid to take on the airlines...
...Justice: Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division—William S. Rose Jr...
...Baker felt that Greenspan should have gotten Japan and West Germany to lower their interest rates in return . . . . Richard Godwin, who was supposed to have been the Pentagon's spending czar and who recently resigned in frustration, was not quite the White Knight the press has made him out to be—see "Tilting at Windmills," September...
...State: Ambassador to Mozambique—Melissa F. Wells...
...The battles are not for influence over policy but for office space, perks, and titles...
...Two of the more pathetic figures around the current White House are Ken Cribb, assistant to the president for domestic affairs, and Dan Crippen, deputy assistant to the president, who seem to wander around with nothing to do but attend meetings...
...When Godwin asked the Air Force for details about its spending plans, it gave him indecipherable gobbledy-gook, and apparently he did not have the power to do anything about it...
...A better choice would be Patricia Goldman, vice-chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board...
...And the titles are sought because everybody is trying to polish up their resumes for their January 1989 departure...
...Commerce: Undersecretary, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—Anthony J. Calio...
...State: Assistant Secretary, International Organizations—Alan L. Keyes...
...Defense: Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs—Fred J. Hoffman...
...The perks are awarded by Rhett Dawson, who is therefore the object of much solicitous attention...
...Kenneth Duberstein appears to have won the war with Thomas Griscom over who will be the principal power under Howard Baker...
...Transportation: Secretary—Elizabeth Hanford Dole...
...In—White House: Deputy U.S...
...But his departure does raise serious questions about both the will and the legal authority of Caspar Weinberger to control the military spending system...
...Duberstein's role as deputy chief of staff puts him right in the middle of the busiest intersection .. . . James Baker continues to be the most powerful member of the administration on domestic issues...
...Out— White House: Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers—Beryl W. Sprinkel...
...and James Burnley's appointment to be transportation secretary (see below) will not be confirmed by the Senate...
...Trade Representative— Alan F. Holmer...
...Director, Office of Government Ethics—Frank Q. Nebeker...
...Director, Office of Government Ethics—David H. Martin...
...Labor: Secretary—William Brock...
...Defense: Undersecretary for Acquisition—Richard Godwin...
...Baker is closer to Griscom, but Griscom's organizational role as director of communications leaves him out of the loop on much of the West Wing action...
...The office space race seems to be won by those who secure squatters' rights by getting there first...
Vol. 19 • November 1987 • No. 10
