Who's Who
WHO'S WHO The Washington Times has found evidence that Don Riegle, the senator from Michigan, lied to the Senate Ethics committee about his involvement in Charles Keating's savings and loan...
...He is said to be another loser to John Sununu, whose power continues unabated...
...Recently, she was fined by customs agents who noticed that she had not declared a silver fox cape worth $1,300 and had underestimated by $800 the value of a nutria-lined raincoat...
...Another contrast can be made between two assistant secretaries at State...
...Health and Human Services: Assistant Secretary for Family Support—Jo Anne B. Barnhart...
...No one else appears to be rushing to become the party's presidential candidate, so there's an open field for Kerrey...
...Transportation: Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs— David P. Prosperi...
...Agencies and Commissions: Director, Drug Enforcement Administration—Robert Bonner...
...But taxpayers who burn the midnight oil preparing their returns are not likely to be be charmed by his recent confession that he has so little tolerance for paperwork that he has someone else prepare his...
...If anyone threatens to cross her," says one colleague, "she immediately threatens to call the president...
...Ede Holiday, who this month replaces David Bates as secretary to the cabinet, may be the first woman to attain real power in the Bush White House...
...His supporters may be taking higher aim these days...
...Housing and Urban Development: Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing—Joseph G. Schiff...
...Early indications are that Gerard Scannell at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will be tougher on violations than his predecessor and that James L. Kolstad at the National Transportation Safety Board will be softer than his...
...Justice: Deputy Attorney General—William P. Barr...
...Education: Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights—Michael L. Williams...
...Some observers say that even Kerrey's most glaring deficiency—his vagueness about the specifics of the government action he favors—could turn into an asset in that he could be that empty vessel into which voters pour their hopes, as they did with Jimmy Carter in 1976 and with Michael Dukakis in the 1988 primaries...
...He has the rare ability to touch people when he speaks," says one Democratic National Committee member...
...Samuel Skinner is being readied to head Bush's 1992 reelection bid...
...And The Wall Street Journal has discovered that Riegle's former aide Kevin Gottlieb received $85,000 in consulting fees from the American Banker's Association during the 18 months between the time he resigned as the senator's aide and the time he became staff director of the Senate Banking Committee...
...And he has been receiving good press from influential writers, including George Will and David Broder's heir-apparent at The Washington Post, Paul Taylor...
...Bernard Aronson is generally thought to have done a good job handling the situation in postelection Nicaragua, while Richard Solomon is said to be embarrassingly sweaty in his defense of the administration's indulgence of the Khmer Rouge...
...Ins—Commerce: Assistant Secretary for Economic Development— L. Joyce Hampers...
...A few issues ago, this magazine named Senator Bob Kerrey of Nebraska as a possible Democratic vice presidential nominee in 1992...
...She obviously thinks her prospects are bright, since she gave up being general counsel at Treasury to take the White House post...
...White House: Assistant to the President and Secretary to the Cabinet—Ede Holiday...
...Outs—White House: Assistant to the President and Secretary to the Cabinet—David Q. Bates Jr...
...Jennifer Fitzgerald, who is widely reputed to be George Bush's former mistress, now works as deputy chief of protocol at the State Department, where she is not going to win Miss Congeniality...
...Robert Teeter, Bush's poll master who used to make regular visits to the Oval Office, has become an infrequent face about town...
...William Reilly, who used to be a pest by advocating tough environmental reforms, was welcomed into the tent following his performance at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...
...Party leaders are joining in the chorus...
...Reilly "passed the litmus test" by toeing the line, and some say, not speaking his mind...
...Skinner's wife, Honey Jacobs, a partner at Sidley & Austin, has become a proficient fundraiser, and some say Skinner may even replace Lee Atwater at the Republican National Committee should the chairman opt to step down...
...Fitzgerald is said to view official trips abroad as shopping opportunities...
...Justice: Deputy Attorney General—Donald B. Ayer...
...Informed observers agree that Fred T. Goldberg, the commissioner of internal revenue, is a good man who is trying hard to straighten out the mess at the Internal Revenue Service...
...Agencies and Commissions: Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency— Craig Fields...
...WHO'S WHO The Washington Times has found evidence that Don Riegle, the senator from Michigan, lied to the Senate Ethics committee about his involvement in Charles Keating's savings and loan scandal...
...Readers of this magazine, for example, are not likely to be repelled by this statement Paul Taylor made about Kerrey: "His fervent belief in the obligation of the federal government to do something is matched only by his fervent skepticism about the ability of the federal government to do anything...
Vol. 22 • June 1990 • No. 5
