Word: weeks
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...picture? More Republican retreads and old pros, and plenty of low profiles. Of course, most Cabinet members slip into obscurity by the time the new term gets underway, but Bush seems determined to avoid any controversies he can in the meantime. Next week: labor secretary, energy secretary, transportation secretary, UN representative, and most of the rest of the White House staff...
...Bush is more than half-done himself, and he predicted he'd have a full complement of Cabinet members and appointees by the end of next week. ("Don't hold me to it, though," he said hastily.) And he's starting to look comfortable talking like a president - taking questions sure doesn't scare him like it used to, and the buzzwords don't jar the ears like they used to. The mantle may be growing...
...fall, Clinton hadn't wanted to risk losing the prescription-drug issue to Republicans by blocking the bipartisan plan. But the election is over - by week's end Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson will be George W. Bush's new secretary of health and human services, and Clinton just left him a message: bipartisan doesn't always mean better...
...That was the primary purpose of Bush's well-handled Breakfast at Greenspan's last week. It's also why an ALCOA tin man is heading up Bush's treasury: Paul O'Neill, and Dick Cheney, go back three decades with the fed chairman, and a good relationship with the Fed can be a big help, especially when your old man didn't get along so well with Al. Greenspan will get his chance to sign off when he testifies before Congress this winter...
...Clinton wants to hear back from both men by week's end, and his last best chance for a legacy of success in the Mideast may hinge on whether he can convince Arafat and Barak that this is their last best chance...