WHO'S WHO
WHO'S WHO in the Administration Donald Regan emerged from the Iran-contra hearings as a charming innocent. This is somewhat at odds with the impression of those who knew him well at the White...
...Margaret Tutwiler, one of James Baker's closest aides, put it this way during an interview this summer: "It's not a massive 'Let's get out of here,' but all of us know the clock is ticking...
...WHO'S WHO in the Administration Donald Regan emerged from the Iran-contra hearings as a charming innocent...
...It was a defeat for Shultz...
...Assistant Secretary for Command, Control Communications and Intelligence—Donald C. Latham...
...Health and Human Services: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs—Nabers Cabaniss...
...Defense: Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs—Robert B. Sims...
...Conservatives, who don't like Verity because he is a strong advocate of Soviet-American trade, contend that Armand Hammer, who is famed for having similar views, urged Verity on Deaver, who urged him on Nancy, who urged him on the president .. . . When Frank Carlucci took over the National Security Council, the general impression was that he was going to rein things in and lead the council to a more modest role in foreign affairs...
...This is somewhat at odds with the impression of those who knew him well at the White House or on Wall Street...
...On a recent trip to Europe, Carlucci met with Chancellor Helmut Kohl in West Germany, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in England, and President Francois Mitterand in France...
...Wright also is said to be responsible for the postponement and eventual cancellation of a congressional hearing regarding the board's report on Texas Savings and Loans...
...Norman F. Lent, a congressman from New York, serves on the House committee that oversees the telecommunications industry...
...President and Chief Operating Officer, Federal National Mortgage Association—Frank V. Cahouet...
...Education: Undersecretary—Linus D. Wright...
...George Shultz is fuming...
...Shultz is also upset about the resignation of Philip Habib as special envoy to Central America...
...In- White House: Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Press Secretary—B...
...His wife, Barbara Morris, is a lobbyist for Nynex, a large telecommunications company...
...But since he arrived, the council's staff has not decreased but grown—from 62 to 67—and Carlucci has been acting as if he's the secretary of state, meeting with foreign ambassadors in Washington and with heads of state abroad...
...When Gaubert was investigated previously by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, Wright reportedly asked the board's chairman to meet with Gaubert...
...After Carlucci won the debate, Habib resigned...
...A democratic fundraiser with connections to House Speaker Jim Wright is said to be among those being investigated by a Justice Department task force looking into Texas thrift institutions and real estate developers...
...Thomas Gaubert, a real estate developer and former owner of a Texas savings and loan, contributed $7,000 to two political committees backing Wright in 1985 and was finance co-chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee...
...Agencies and Commissions: Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency—Kenneth L. Adelman...
...The latest example is the nomination of C. William Verity to replace the late Malcolm Baldrige as secretary of commerce...
...Habib, backed by the secretary, had called for immediate and direct U.S...
...Out—White House: Special Envoy for Central America—Philip Habib...
...The right-wingers see Deaver as a clean-shaven Rasputin whose hold on Nancy Reagan enables him to continue to influence the administration from the defendant's dock...
...Michael Deaver deserves much of the blame he receives but not all that the conservatives try to pin on him...
...State: Ambassador to Austria—Henry Anatole Grunwald...
...Agencies and Commissions: President and Chief Operating Officer, Federal National Mortgage Association— Roger E. Birk...
...Jay Cooper...
...Peasury: Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs— John Meagher...
...participation in the Latin American peace initiative, while Carlucci opposed it...
...As we pointed out in January, it is very hard to believe that Regan would have forced Robert McFarlane out for not having kept Regan informed and then been obliviously indifferent to similar sins by John Poindexter...
...In our January issue, we also predicted—in "Tilting at Windmills"—that Ronald Reagan's administration would have problems in its last two years because "even its most dedicated members start casting an eye to the future and to worry less about their work and more about polishing their resumes and calling old friends to see what might be available for them on the outside...
...General Counsel, Office of Management and Budget—John H. Carley...
...Chief Financial Officer for the Federal Government, Office of Management and Budget—Gerald R. Rises Defense: Secretary for Reserve Affairs—Stephen M. Duncan...
Vol. 19 • October 1987 • No. 9