Word: zoellick
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Baker "runs a calm shop," says State Department counselor Robert Zoellick. "There's no nonsense. You state your views and support them, both as briefly and quietly as possible. Then you get out." Zoellick, who could have been White House domestic-affairs adviser, is one of a handful of Baker aides who turned down more visible posts elsewhere in the Administration. "The reason for that," says Margaret Tutwiler, who has been Baker's closest assistant for more than ten years, "is that ((Baker)) is loyal down as well as up. He seeks out strong-minded people and delegates considerable authority...