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...their individual stamps on policy matters. Others have evidently failed to master the intricacies of their jobs. There are 17 members of the Cabinet, four of whom are, in a sense, ministers without portfolio: Counsellor Edwin Meese, U.N. Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick, Trade Representative Bill Brock and CIA Director William Casey. The following assessment of the men who have departmental responsibilities, listed in order of protocol, is based on the reporting of correspondents in TIME's Washington bureau...
Rawson is more than just the coach, he is the reason many of Harvard's boxers decide to workout. "If he wasn't the coach, I wouldn't do it [work out]," boxing club president Red Casey said...
...William Casey, the current director of the agency, has decided not to follow their example. He has kept control of his investments, which may be worth as much as $3.4 million. Among his holdings: more than $250,000 in Superior Oil Co., which has contracts to drill oil in Abu Dhabi and mine platinum in South Africa and is negotiating to sell gas in Thailand...
Federal conflict of interest regulations, formulated in 1965, are very broad and merely require that officials avoid actions that "might result in or create the appearance of using public office for private gain." Says CIA General Counsel Stanley Sporkin: "There is no requirement that I know of for Casey to put his holdings in a blind trust." New York Democratic Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan offered a more backhanded defense, scoffing: "I would like to think that you could make a killing in the stock market just having the information the CIA does, but they know about as much as Forbes...
...ordered his top aides to do the same. This has led some critics to suggest that the Administration is insensitive to the appearance of financial impropriety. "Perhaps we're going to have to consider some strong, mandatory legislation," says Vermont Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy. Casey's hand-picked deputy, Max Hugel, resigned in July amid accusations of past illegal stock manipulation. And Casey is currently under investigation by the Senate Intelligence Committee for his own financial dealings, including his involvement in a New Orleans agricultural firm that went bankrupt. A report due to be released soon will...