Word: staffman
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...years of service, Wheeler has had only five months' combat duty, as a division chief of staff in Europe in World War II. But in his steady climb as a staffman, he caught the eye of Maxwell Taylor and later of John F. Kennedy, whom he was assigned to brief on military matters in the 1960 campaign. Named Army Chief of Staff in 1962, he set about revitalizing the Army along the lines of Taylor's doctrine of "flexible" response rather than overwhelming reliance on massive nuclear retaliation. During Wheeler's two-year tenure as Chief...
...Brien has followed that advice-up to a point. Officially, patronage is left to Democratic National Committee Chairman John Bailey, who works in consultation with O'Brien Staffman Dick Donahue. But O'Brien knows well that patronage is still a potent political instrument; he makes recommendations to Bailey on major appointments, and his suggestions receive top-priority consideration. Thus, when the 14 members of the Italian-American congressional bloc threatened to vote against the Administration's feed-grains bill just to demonstrate their power, O'Brien quickly found out what was on their minds...