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Whipple, Chris.
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United States. White House Office -- Officials and employees.
Presidents -- United States -- Staff.
United States -- Politics and government.
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Whipple, Chris.
United States. White House Office -- Officials and employees.
Presidents -- United States -- Staff.
United States -- Politics and government.
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The
gatekeepers
:
how
the
White
House
Chiefs
of
Staff
define
every
presidency
/ Chris Whipple.
by
Whipple, Chris.
Random House Large Print, c2017.
Call #:
LP 973.920922 W573g
Subjects
United States.
White
House
Office -- Officials and employees.
Presidents -- United States --
Staff
.
United States -- Politics and government.
ISBN:
9781524736293 (pbk.)
1524736295 (pbk.)
Edition:
1st Large Print ed.
Description:
571 p. (large print), [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction: "I brought my pillow and my blankie" -- "The Lord High Executioner" : H.R. Haldeman and Richard Nixon -- "Beware the spokes of the wheel" : Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, and Gerald Ford -- "The smartest man in the room" : Hamilton Jordan, Jack Watson, and Jimmy Carter -- "One hell of a chief of
staff
" : James A. Baker III and Ronald Reagan -- "Don't hang up on the First Lady" : Donald Regan, Howard H. Baker Jr., Kenneth Duberstein, and Ronald Reagan -- "The prime minister" : John Sununu, Samuel Skinner, James A. Baker III, and George H.W. Bush -- "An iron fist in a velvet glove" : Thomas F. "Mack" McLarty, Leon Panetta, Erskine Bowles, John Podesta, and Bill Clinton -- "The decider" : Andrew Card, Joshua Bolten, and George W. Bush -- "Between bad and worse" : Rahm Emanuel, William Daley, Jacob Lew, Denis McDonough, and Barack Obama -- Epilogue.
Summary:
What do Dick Cheney and Rahm Emanuel have in common? Aside from polarizing personalities, both served as chief of
staff
to the president of the United States as did Donald Rumsfeld, Leon Panetta, and a relative handful of others. The
chiefs
of
staff
, often referred to as "the
gatekeepers
," wield tremendous power in Washington and beyond; they decide who is allowed to see the president, negotiate with Congress to push POTUS's agenda, and most crucially are the first in line to the leader of the free world's ear. Award-winning producer and journalist Chris Whipple demonstrates
how
those appointed to this lofty position have often served as de facto prime ministers, and the surprising extent to which their tenures have set the tone for our political climate. Through extensive, intimate interviews with all 20 living
chiefs
of
staff
and two former presidents, The
Gatekeepers
pulls back the curtain to expose
how
the nation's levers of power are operated by these right-hand advisors, and what each appointment reveals about its respective president. --Publisher.
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