WHO'S WHO
WHO'S WHO in the Administration When they're in trouble, knowledgable Washingtonians turn to Herbert J. Miller, the lawyer who extracted Ted Kennedy from Chappaquidick and arranged Richard...
...In January we noted that White House counsel Peter J. Wallison's "Achilles heel may be his loyalty to his sponsor, Donald Regan ." Does this explain why Wallison was the first White House staff member to be shown the door by Howard Baker...
...John A. Wickham, Jr...
...Chief of Staff, Army—Gen...
...And The New York Times has reported that Schulze, when he became director of Marine Corps personnel policy, had the records of North's hospitalization removed from official files...
...Supreme Allied Commander, Europe—Gen...
...And then consider the power given to North by the Reagan administration...
...Add the fact we reported in January that North had complained to friends just last year that terrorists had poisoned his dog, torn down his fence, and put sugar in his gas tank...
...Others whose careers are not expected to flower under Baker are Dennis Thomas, Regan's top aide, and Caspar Weinberger, the secretary of defense, for whom Baker is said to have much less regard than he does for Weinberger's rival, George Shultz...
...Since Ronald Reagan is not known for burning the midnight oil, this could be a problem...
...has been with the Washington office of the Houston law firm of Vinson and Elkins...
...Bernard Rogers has retired...
...Out WHITE HOUSE Chief of Staff—Donald T. Regan...
...But his six weeks as Nancy Reagan's chief of staff have been eclipsed by Koehler's one week as White House director of communications...
...In addition to Shultz, those expected to do well under Baker include James Baker, Richard Darman, Paul Volcker, Kenneth Duberstein, James Cannon, Thomas Griscom, and A. B. Culvahouse, Baker's former partner at Vinson & Elkins, who is replacing Wallison Everyone in Washington thinks Baker will be firstrate at the human relations part of his job...
...Chairman, Federal Communications Commission— Dennis R. Patrick is an FCC commissioner...
...Howard isn't driven," is the way one friend hints at Baker's aversion to long hours...
...Verstandig was the holder of the record for the shortest tenure as White House staff member...
...According to a report in The Washington Times, in 1974 Oliver North called his patron, General Richard Schulze and told him that "he didn't have anything to live for, that he was going to shoot himself!' Schulze went to North's quarters where he found North "babbling incoherently and running around naked waving a .45 pistol ." The threat, the nudity, and the .45 have all been confirmed by the Knight-Ridder News Service, as has North's subsequent hospitalization...
...DEFENSE Secretary of the Navy—John F. Lehman Jr...
...Counsel to the President—Peter J. Wallison...
...has retired...
...AGENCIES AND COMMISSIONS Director, Central Intelligence Agency—William Webster was director of the FBI...
...AGENCIES AND COMMISSIONS Chairman, Federal Communications Commission— Mark S. Fowler...
...WHO'S WHO in the Administration When they're in trouble, knowledgable Washingtonians turn to Herbert J. Miller, the lawyer who extracted Ted Kennedy from Chappaquidick and arranged Richard Nixon's pardon...
...consulting firm of Russo, Witts and Rollins...
...The question is whether he will be able to stay on top of the mountain of work that confronts every chief of staff...
...DEFENSE Secretary of the Navy—James H. Webb was assistant secretary for reserve affairs...
...More recently, Miller advised Robert Kennedy's children how to deal with the inquiry into their brother David's death...
...Miller's latest client is Michael Deaver...
...Having been hired just before Donald Regan left, he was among the first casualties of the Baker regime...
...Assistant to the President for Political and Intergovernmental Affairs—Frank J. Donatelli has been with the Washington law firm of Patton, Boggs and Blow...
...In WHITE HOUSE Chief of Staff—Howard H. Baker Jr...
...After all, someone has to get the work done...
...John Galvin was commander, U.S...
...John 0. Koehler is the winner of the Lee L. Verstandig Memorial Award...
...Counsel to the President—Arthur B. Culvahouse has been with Vinson and Elkins...
...Southern Command, Panama...
...Perhaps Miller's greatest triumph was in getting Richard Kleindienst off with a one-month suspended sentence, even though the evidence showed that Gordon Liddy had told thenattorney general Kleindienst the truth about the Watergate burglary at the Burning Tree golf course the day after the event—and Kleindienst proceeded to do absolutely nothing about it...
...Supreme Allied Commander, Europe—Gen...
...In the last hours before Baker's selection, conservative support coalesced around John Herrington, the secretary of energy, and the final choice was between him and Baker...
...Assistant to the President and Cabinet Secretary— Nancy J. Risque has been vice president of the Washington, D.C...
Vol. 19 • April 1987 • No. 3
