WHO'S WHO
Threadgill, Susan
WHO'S WHO Is James Baker still going to bat for his Texas oil buddies? It seemed so last month when Baker, on a trip to the Soviet Union, sprinted from St. Petersburg to the oilrich central...
...a prominent Republican, Jack Edwards, formerly of the defense subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee...
...If Michael Dugan deserved to be dismissed from his position as Air Force chief of staff last year for an indiscreet disclosure to the press, what should have been done about all the confidences that Powell shared with Bob Woodward during the Persian Gulf crisis that later appeared in Woodward’s book, The Commanders...
...Bob Kerrey skipped the close Senate vote against eliminating $3.2 billion from the B-2 budget, and Tom Harkin missed an important vote on extending unemployment benefits...
...At its maximum, the decision group included only six other officials: Dick Cheney, Baker, Dan Quayle, Robert Gates, Sununu, and Powell...
...Baker aides heatedly denied the 12hour stop was intended to boost Chevron’s fortunes...
...As with the Gulf war, much of the decisionmaking was by just Bush and Brent Scowcroft...
...He gets his phone calls returned simply by providing influential Washingtonians with a free dinner and a preview of a new movie at the posh headquarters of the Motion Picture Association of America...
...Benjamin F. Schemmer of Armed Forces Journal International raises an interesting question about Colin Powell...
...Deputy Director for the Ofice of Administration-Hector F. Irastorza Jr...
...and a prominent retired Air Force general, John Chain, who was head of the Strategic Air Command...
...Tauzin (31), Jim Bunning (32), Dan Rostenkowski (48), and Charles Stenholm (50...
...Danforth was asked if those responsible included John Sununu...
...Woodward’s colleagues at The Washington Post, executive editor Len Downie and managing editor Bob Kaiser, are the subjects of speculation by Post insiders...
...But veteran observers were troubled by the small number of people he consulted in reaching the decision...
...WHO'S WHO Is James Baker still going to bat for his Texas oil buddies...
...But Kaiser is gifted at getting under Downie’s skin with subtle put-downs that exacerbate Downie’s sensitivity about his non-Ivy League background...
...Now that congressional honoraria are being phased out on Capitol Hill, the free trip has become, next to a substantial campaign contribution, corporate America’s favorite way of currying favor with congressmen...
...French Hill...
...Here was a respected Republican senator trying to make a reasonable compromise with the Democrats on an important national issue only to have his efforts dismissed by the White House without discussion...
...Susan Threadgill...
...Petersburg to the oilrich central Soviet Asian republic of Kazakhstan, three time zones away, to meet for a few hours with President Nursultan Nazarbaev, who is working on a deal with Chevron to drill off the Caspian Sea...
...If you think adding a few fellows to the board is a pretty inexpensive way to acquire influence, consider Jack Valeuti’s...
...Trade Representative Carla Hills, another leading candidate, was too busy with the GATT trade negotiations...
...Ambassador to Zimbabwe-E...
...How does a defense contractor react when its big ticket is in trouble...
...In- White House: Personnel Director-Constance Horner...
...The straightforward Downie is said to be the staffs favorite and, perhaps more significantly, Donald Graham’s as well...
...A press release from the Department of Labor about the marriage of Lynn Martin’s daughter Julia contained, under the heading “Fun Facts About the Wedding,” such items as: “George, the chef from Peking Duck (the president’s favorite oriental restaurant), will be at the reception to personally prepare his version of Peking duck,” and “A photograph of Julia in her gown is being used for a fall advertising campaign by Scassi...
...Who’s Who has already been tipped to votes that two aspirants have missed...
...According to Public Citizen, the leading beneficiaries in 1989-90 were (the number of corporate-financed trips each took is in parenthesis): Norman Mineta (26), Norman Lent (26), Michael Oxley (28), Matthew Rinaldo (28), Bill Richardson (29), W.J...
...Education: Undersecretary and Chief Financial Officer-John T. (Ted) Sanders...
...The White House has settled on William Barr to fill Dick Thornburgh’s job at the Justice Department, but not before it checked out some hardy perennials...
...George Bush’s nuclear disarmament initiative was applauded by almost everyone here...
...Aides said former California Governor George Deukmejian was too ambivalent about the job and U.S...
...Gibson Lanpher...
...State: U.S...
...He replied, “That’s possible...
...Baker was accompanied by another notable Texan with friends in the oil business, Robert Strauss, the new U.S...
...Will their longtime rivalry continue...
...Senators who are also presidential candidates tend to be noticed when they let campaign activities interfere with legislative duties...
...Why did the White House reject John Danforth’s proposal on the civil rights bill...
...Similarly small groups have in the past produced such triumphs as the Bay of Pigs...
...Out-White House: Personnel Director-Charles (Chase) Untermeyer...
...Special Assistant and Executive Secretary to the Economic Council-L...
...Well, one step Northrop took as its B-2 bomber was coming under attack was to add three new members to its board of directors: a prominent Democrat, Joseph Califano...
...It has occasioned at least two newsroom shouting matches in the past...
...ambassador to the Soviet Union...
...Federal Reserve Board MemberSusan Phillips...
Vol. 23 • November 1991 • No. 11
