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...Cheney, 21 (in 16 innings...
...cost the President many votes in Texas, or anywhere else for that matter. The local press did not give the address much play; minds were doubtless made up on other issues. What is more, Kissinger's African speech had been cleared by White House Chief of Staff Richard Cheney and by Ford himself. The President and Kissinger had gone over its outline in two one-hour sessions, and Ford had indicated his decision to support the revised policy at a Cabinet meeting before the Secretary left for Africa. Finally, the timing was dictated not by Kissingerian whim...
...north. But only by helicopter could he have cut travel time enough to get in a run or two. At $830 per hour, which would have had to go on the electioneering tab, the desire was squelched. Phone records can get Presidents into trouble. When Richard Cheney, Ford's chief of staff, was on Face the Nation the other Sunday, some California enthusiast sent an election contribution to the White House. Cheney adhered religiously to the new guide book. The money was not delivered to the committee, but was mailed directly back to the contributor with instructions...
...many as Don Cheney, but more than Richard Nixon, because his armpits don't smell," came the reply...
Because of Rumsfeld's policy of "interchangeability"-the practice of having deputies regularly fill in for their bosses-Cheney in the past year has spent almost as much time with the President at home and on the road as Rumsfeld has. Like Rumsfeld, Cheney will run Ford's White House staff and implement his decisions. But he is not expected to be a manipulator of policies and personalities as his old boss...