Word: conflicts
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...problem that turned out to be severe was the danger that a nominee would have a conflict of interest-or the appearance of it-between his private affairs and his Government job. Reagan is the first President-elect to staff a full Cabinet under the 1978 Ethics in Government Act, which tightens financial reporting for top Government officers and sets up elaborate rules to guard against a clash between their federal and private lives. Says Meese: "A President-elect used to call up a prospective Cabinet member. He would consult with his wife, call back in 24 hours...
...hurdle posed by conflict of interest hindered the selection process in another way: since the Reaganauts anticipated that some of the people they approached would turn them down because they did not want to expose their financial affairs or sell off lucrative assets, the aides had to be prepared with alternative choices. Says one: "We were like a coach fielding a team, constantly making sure that there were a lot of quality players on the bench as backup...
...Conflict-of-interest difficulties also may have affected Reagan's choice for Secretary of the Treasury, a senior post whose occupant will be an especially close adviser. After the G.O.P. ultras and moderates had fought to a draw over who should occupy the chair, Reagan picked a man acceptable to both camps: Walter Wriston, 63, chairman of Manhattan's Citibank, second largest in the U.S. Wriston is one of the energetic creators of modern, expansionist, risk-taking banking, yet his views are unimpeachably conservative...
Although he was the leading candidate for State, Haig had his own problems. Conflict of interest was no apparent hazard: Haig is now president of United Technologies Corp., which does nearly 25% of its $9 billion business with the Government, but he has been in that job only a year and could cut his ties with little strain. The real trouble was that party factions on both the right and left found fault with Haig, who had been Richard Nixon's last White House Chief of Staff. Although Haig is often credited with having kept the Government functioning through...
Prepared before the October outbreak of the Iran-Iraq war, the study singles out a conflict between those two nations as the "most likely" event to disrupt U.S. oil supplies from the Middle East, David Deese, assistant to the director of the CSIA and a co-editor of the book, said Wednesday...