DOCSLIB.ORG

GOOD INTENTIONS: the RELENTLESS Ruse of ANNE WEXLER

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
GOOD INTENTIONS: the RELENTLESS Ruse of ANNE WEXLER August 19831 $2.00 ers NOJ.£lN!NN38 811 £jtSO 110~ NOJ.£lNINN38 D LS~~W f£vH ELOOOOON Hel 309955 26 GOOD INTENTIONS: THE RELENTLESS ruSE OF ANNE WEXLER How she became Washington's Rolodex queen. by David Owen NNE WEXLER'S office in Washington is still EXLER'S YEARS in politics have given so new that most of the furniture in it is her firsthand knowledge of the way rented. There are shiny antique reproduc- government works. She may like what A. tions alongside curving, tufted, modern W she does but she doesn't like what she things. The carpet is a shade of purple whose pre- sees. "I spent three years in the White House work- cise name must be known only to decorators and ing with interest groups," she says, "which made me children with lots and lots of crayons. Standing on question a lot of things about the way politics is or- the carpet, leaning against a wall, are a dozen or so ganized and think a lot about how it could be orga- framed photographs attesting to their owner's inti- nized better in the national interest. I worry about macy with various important persons: Anne Wexler the impact of special-interest groups on public pol- with a pope, Anne Wexler with a president, Anne icy, and about how it's possible to build consensus Wexler with Paul Newman. Up on the mantel, also in order to move issues on. It's hard to do. And it's waiting to be hung, is a silk-screened picture of the hard to create leaders who don't have to mortgage White House, inscribed-to Anne-by Jimmy Car- their souls in order to get elected." ter. The print was a reward for the two and a half Of course, as a lobbyist, Wexler is in the busi- years she spent as Carter's assistant for public liaison. ness of mortgaging politicians' souls at the behest Today Wexler is the leading partner in her own of clients who can afford to pay her fees. Major cor- lobbying firm, a booming "legislative strategy" group porations don't hire "legislative strategy" firms out . whose clients include Bendix, the National Football of an abstract fascination with the workings of gov- League, the Kellogg Company, the Motion Picture ernment. And while Wexler may indeed worry about Association, Aetna, and Tasca Corporation, the "the impact of special-interest groups on public pol- shale-oil people. Jimmy Carter has retreated to icy," her anxieties haven't driven her into a different Georgia and obscurity, but Wexler has risen to per- line of business. "You know," she says, "there are manent importance in Washington. Her firm has two chairs, one on each side of the desk, and the been so successful that, after just two and a half people in those chairs are really players in a game. years in business, she is already one of the capital's And I think that the thing to strive for is to get most sought-after influence brokers. seats at the table for all the people who ought to be Wexler scored a major strategic triumph of her there. I mean, I get paid to have a seat at the table own not long ago when she signed up Nancy Clark by a lot of people who think they have a right to Reynolds as a partner. Reynolds, you see, is a be there, and they do. But sometimes there are other staunch Republican and a close friend of the Rea- folks who don't have a seat at that table, but should." gans. Wexler is a lifelong Democrat whose political The particular table at which we are sitting right genealogy runs back through Gene McCarthy and now holds a White House ashtray, a standard ac- George McGovern. Their alliance, forged with un- cessory in Washington influence boutiques: there usually frank commercial calculation, impressed the aren't many people who can afford to stub out lobbying industry. "Between the two of them," fel- cigarettes here. But these ironies are vaporized by low lobbyist Loyd Hackler told The New York Wexler's substantial charm. She imbues her office Times, "they've got all the bases covered." The firm, with the feel of a friendly living room. She is fifty- Wexler says with a satisfied smile, is now "admin- three years old and there is a good deal of gray in istration-proof. " her sensible hair. She is wearing a purplish cardigan HARPER'S/ AUGUST 1983 27 several crayons removed from the carpet on her OR MOST Americans in 1966, the war in floor. Her manner is charming but never frivolous. Vietnam was all light and no tunnel. The She is solicitous but unflatterable-"a Jewish moth- Tonkin Gulf Resolution was just two years er with a big Rolodex," a friend once described her. Fold, the Tct Offensive still two years away. The Rolodex is over on her desk, encased in a dull- Condemning the war was hardly the path of ambi- gray metal hood that could stop small-caliber bullets. tion in American politics. Yet John Fitzgerald, a The names and phone numbers it contains are the member of the Westport, Connecticut, zoning board, accumulation of thirty years in politics. When she decided to run for Congress on an antiwar platform. flips through it, the names fan by like turbine blades When the time came to select a campaign manager, in a small, powerful generator of access. he turned to a zoning-board colleague whose energy Access, Wexler emphasizes, is very important in and instinct for politics had impressed him deeply. Washington. But there has to be "substance behind Her name was Anne Wexler. the facade." Success in "this town" has a great deal Wexler's campaign strategy emphasized the pains- to do with "just liking people." Some people are taking grass-roots vote-building that reshaped the "people people," others are not. The former go far- Democratic Party in the late Sixties and early Seven- ther than the latter. But you can't be successful un- ties. Working out of cramped offices and borrowed less you "understand a lot of issues," too. Being dining rooms, her army of volunteers set out to ring successful also involves "knowing what happens" in every doorbell and dial every phone number in the Washington, and especially in the government. "And district. There were tremendous telephone banks and I don't mean at a superficial level," she says. "This piles of dog-eared directories. Teetering stacks of in- town revolves around people who work for the gov- dex cards. Yards of tangled cable. Wexler believed ernment, people who work for the press, and people that the way to approach a complex task was to break who work for people who want to influence the it down into its thousand constituent crises and re- government. In this town, that's what it's all about." solve them one at a time. She made lists of voters, "This town." That's how influential Washing- lists of addresses, lists of assignments, lists of lists. tonians like Wexler almost always refer to their city. She taught her volunteers to count their supporters The expression perfectly embodies the wa~ they like on one finger at a time. Their job was to sell a sin- to think of themselves, as commonsensical pragma- gle-issue candidate to people who by and large had ticians for whom politics is a folksy calling that falls not yet begun to think of the Vietnam war as an somewhere between growing alfalfa and playing a issue at all. When the local delegate primary rolled professional sport. In fact, Thistown might make a around, the campaign manager held her breath and better name for the nation's capital. waited for the returns. Fitzgerald won by four Anne Wexler's story is the story of how to suc- votes. ceed in Thistown. Whether the ending is happy or Wexler, a bored suburban housewife whose life- sad depends on your point of view. long fascination with politics had lately given her a Ol ::J.• o :r 2! :s:E ..s:Ol Anne Wexler in the White House, 1980. "It's hard to create leaders who don't have to mortgage their souls." HARPER'S/ AUGUST 1983 28 welcome escape from domestic tedium, was born in liberal who inevitably and consistently ran out on a New York City on February 10, 1930, the eldest limb, whatever that limb was, and spent the rest of child of a prominent architect. Her childhood was my time sawing it off behind me." comfortable, cosmopolitan, and Jewish. She was Wexler swallowed her misgivings and went to meet graduated from Skidmore in 1951. Two weeks later Joe Duffey, who surprised her by being other than she married her first husband, a future ophthalmol- a run-of-the-mill ADA-nik. He was a thoughtful, ogist. She worked in public relations at a New York soft-spoken Protestant minister who had a master's City radio station, and later as an assistant to the degree from Yale Divinity School and a Ph.D. in the- head of the Chesterfield account at an advertising ology. His dissertation had been on Lewis Mumford. firm. From her vantage point on the lower rungs of His professorial manner and horn-rimmed glasses the entertainment industry, she watched her employ- belied a humble background: born in a coal-mining ers submit to the pressure of Joe McCarthy's Holly- town in West Virginia, he was the son of a sometime wood blacklists.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Annual Report
    COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS ANNUAL REPORT July 1,1996-June 30,1997 Main Office Washington Office The Harold Pratt House 1779 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. 58 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10021 Washington, DC 20036 Tel. (212) 434-9400; Fax (212) 861-1789 Tel. (202) 518-3400; Fax (202) 986-2984 Website www. foreignrela tions. org e-mail publicaffairs@email. cfr. org OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS, 1997-98 Officers Directors Charlayne Hunter-Gault Peter G. Peterson Term Expiring 1998 Frank Savage* Chairman of the Board Peggy Dulany Laura D'Andrea Tyson Maurice R. Greenberg Robert F Erburu Leslie H. Gelb Vice Chairman Karen Elliott House ex officio Leslie H. Gelb Joshua Lederberg President Vincent A. Mai Honorary Officers Michael P Peters Garrick Utley and Directors Emeriti Senior Vice President Term Expiring 1999 Douglas Dillon and Chief Operating Officer Carla A. Hills Caryl R Haskins Alton Frye Robert D. Hormats Grayson Kirk Senior Vice President William J. McDonough Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. Paula J. Dobriansky Theodore C. Sorensen James A. Perkins Vice President, Washington Program George Soros David Rockefeller Gary C. Hufbauer Paul A. Volcker Honorary Chairman Vice President, Director of Studies Robert A. Scalapino Term Expiring 2000 David Kellogg Cyrus R. Vance Jessica R Einhorn Vice President, Communications Glenn E. Watts and Corporate Affairs Louis V Gerstner, Jr. Abraham F. Lowenthal Hanna Holborn Gray Vice President and Maurice R. Greenberg Deputy National Director George J. Mitchell Janice L. Murray Warren B. Rudman Vice President and Treasurer Term Expiring 2001 Karen M. Sughrue Lee Cullum Vice President, Programs Mario L. Baeza and Media Projects Thomas R.
    [Show full text]
  • AUSTRALIAN–AMERICAN FULBRIGHT COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORT Commission Board Members
    2012 AUSTRALIAN–AMERICAN FULBRIGHT COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORT Commission Board Members American Dr Ian Thomas Professor Margaret Gardner, AO President Vice Chancellor Professor Don DeBats Boeing Australia & South Pacific RMIT University (until December 2012) Head, Department of American Ms Jane Hardy Studies Mr Frank C. Urbancic, Jr. Assistant Secretary, Flinders University Consul General of the United States Branch Mr Marshall B. Farrer United States of America Americas Division Managing Director (until October 2012) Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (until January 2012) Brown-Forman Australia / N.Z. Ms Mary Burce Warlick Mr Paul Houge Consul General of the Ms Libby Schick Counselor for Public Affairs United States of America Assistant Secretary Embassy of the United (since November 2012) United States Branch States of America Department of Foreign Affairs and (since September 2012) AUSTRALIAN Trade (since February 2012) Ms Judy Moon Professor Steven Schwartz, Mr. Colin Walters Counselor for Public Affairs AM (Chair) Group Manager, International Group Office of Public Affairs Vice-Chancellor Department of Education, Embassy of the United States of Macquarie University Employment & Workplace Relations (until December 2012) America Professor Hilary Charlesworth (until July 2012) ARC Laureate Fellow Director, Centre for International Governance and Justice, The Australian National University Commission Staff CURRENT Mr Pablo Jimenez Ms Kate Lyall Dr Tangerine Holt Partnerships Coordinator Program Officer, Special Programs (from December
    [Show full text]
  • Die US-Amerikanische First Lady Und Die Inszenierung Der Präsidentenehe in Den Wahlkämpfen 1964 - 1996
    Die US-amerikanische First Lady und die Inszenierung der Präsidentenehe in den Wahlkämpfen 1964 - 1996 Inauguraldissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades der Philosophischen Fakultät der Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg Erstgutachter: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Detlef Junker Zweitgutachter: PD Dr. Philipp Gassert Vorgelegt von Christine Weiss Isländische Str. 1 10439 Berlin Tel: 0163 3388109 Email: [email protected] Inhalt iii Inhalt Abbildungsverzeichnis.............................................................................................v Abkürzungsverzeichnis..........................................................................................vii A Einleitung........................................................................................................9 B Die First Ladys in den Wahlkämpfen 1964 - 1996....................................18 B 1 Die First Ladys in den Wahlkämpfen vor 1964......................................20 B 2 Lady Bird Johnson: Der Wahlkampf 1964.............................................33 B 2.1 Kurzbiographie ..............................................................................33 B 2.2 Der Wahlkampf 1964.....................................................................34 B 3 Pat Nixon: Die Wahlkämpfe 1968 und 1972..........................................50 B 3.1 Kurzbiographie ..............................................................................51 B 3.2 Der Wahlkampf 1968.....................................................................51 B 3.3 Der Wahlkampf 1972.....................................................................55
    [Show full text]
  • Thomas G. Labrecque C Hairman and C H Ief Executive Officer the C H Ase Manhattan Bank, N .A
    This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu Page 1 of 63 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu Private Sector Council cordiall y welcomes you to our Leadership Awards Dinner Honoring The Honorable Bob Dole Senator fro m Kansas and Thomas G. Labrecque C hairman and C h ief Executive Officer The C h ase Manhattan Bank, N .A. Leadership Award Presentations by Philip B. Fletcher Chairman and Chief Executive Officer ConAgra, Inc. and The Honorable Daniel P. Moynihan Senator from New York Thursday, April 21, 1994 ANA Westin Hotel 2401 M Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. Page 2 of 63 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu A TRIBUTE TO LEADERSHIP A TRIBUTE TO LEADERSHIP Senator Bob Dole and Tom Labrecque are two Bob Dole grew up dur ing the Depress ion in the heart- individuals who have served our nation w ith land of the M idwest in the small town of Russe ll , great distinction. Through their tireless com- Kansas and was the first in his fam ily to attend coll ege. a year at the U niversity of Kan sas in 1942, he mitments, both have excelled in their After enlisted in the U.S. A r my, later becoming a second professions and are held in the highest regards lieutenan t. T h ree weeks before the end of World by their coll eagues and the na tion.
    [Show full text]
  • Read the Full PDF
    Chapter Title Preparing to Be President The Memos of Richard E. Neustadt Edited by Charles O. Jones The AEI Press Publisher for the American Enterprise Institute W A S H I N G T O N , D . C . 2000 Book Title 2 Chapter Title Contents Foreword vv Norman J. Ornstein and Thomas E. Mann Part 1 The Editor’s Introduction The Truman Aide Turned Professor 33 Part 2 Neustadt Memos for the Kennedy Transition Memo 1. Organizing the Transition 21 Memo 2. Staffing the President-Elect 38 Attachment A: Roosevelt’s Approach to Staffing the White House 54 Attachment B: Roosevelt’s Approach to Staffing the Budget Bureau 61 Memo 3. Cabinet Departments: Some Things to Keep in Mind 63 Memo 4. White House Titles 70 Memo 5. A White House Aide for Personnel and Congressional Liaison 72 Memo 6. The National Security Council: First Steps 75 Memo 7. Shutting Down Eisenhower’s “Cabinet System” 82 Memo 8. Appointing Fred Dutton “Staff Secretary” Instead of “Cabinet Secretary” 83 Memo 9. Location of Disarmament Agency 86 Memo 10. The Science Adviser: First Steps 94 iii iv CONTENTS Memo 11. Coping with “Flaps” in the Early Days of the New Administration 997 Memo 12. Possible Remarks by the President at the Outset of the Cabinet Meeting (prepared with Fred Dutton) 101 Part 3 Neustadt Memos from Reagan to Clinton Memo 13. Historical Problems in Staffing the White House (for James Baker III) 107 Memo 14. Transition Planning during the Campaign (for Michael Dukakis law partner Paul Brountas) 120 Memo 15. “Lessons” for the Eleven Weeks (for Bill Clinton friend Robert B.
    [Show full text]
  • The Political Process
    1980-81 Institute of Politics John F.Kennedy School of Government Harvard University PROCEEDINGS Institute of Politics 1980-81 John F. Kennedy School of Government Harvard University FOREWORD Here is Proceedings '81, the third edition of this annual retrospective of the Institute of Politics. It serves the function of an annual report, but it is more than that. Part One, "Readings," is a sampling of written and spoken words drawn from the many formats of Institute activity: panel discussions and speeches in our Forum, dialogue among conference participants, an essay from a faculty study group, stu­ dent writing from the Harvard Political Review, personal evalutions from a summer intern and from our resident Fellows, and so forth. They contain impassioned rhetoric from controversial figures as well as opinion and analysis from less well- known individuals. This year we even have a poem and a little humor. Taken together, the "Readings," represent a good cross-section of what happens here. Part Two, 'Programs," is a record of all the events sponsored by the Institute dur­ ing the 1980-81 academic year. This section delineates the participation of hundreds of individuals who together make the Institute the lively, interactive place that it is. Although they are not all captured on tape or on paper, their contributions make this place come alive, and this listing is a recognition of that. Thus, the annual editions of Proceedings provide an ongoing portrait of the In­ stitute of Politics. I hope you find it both informative and enjoyable.
    [Show full text]
  • APPOINTEE FILES: Records, 1981- 1989 – REAGAN LIBRARY COLLECTIONS
    COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT, OFFICE OF THE: APPOINTEE FILES: Records, 1981- 1989 – REAGAN LIBRARY COLLECTIONS Material noted in bold within this collection is currently available for research use. If a folder is available for research use it may still have withdrawn material due to Freedom of Information Act restrictions. Most frequent withdrawn material is national security classified material, personal privacy, protection of the President, etc. Any non-bolded folder is closed for research. The non-bolded folders are subject to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests under the provisions of the Presidential Records Act (PRA). If you are interested in submitting a FOIA request for access to any of the unavailable records or have any questions about these collections or series, please contact our archival staff at 1-800- 410-8354, outside the US at 1-805-577-4012, or email [email protected] COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT, OFFICE OF THE: APPOINTEE FILES: Records, 1981-1989 The Appointee File consists of four series: SERIES I: Appointee Files by Position; SERIES II: Appointee Files by Individual; SERIES III: The President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control, and SERIES IV: Appointment Memoranda Within Series II, we are using the following organizational abbreviations for all unprocessed folder titles: ACDA - Arms Control & Disarmament FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation Agency FCC - Federal Communications ACTION Commission AID - Agency for International FDIC - Federal Deposit Insurance Development Corporation CIA - Central Intelligence Agency FEMA - Federal Emergency Management DOAg - Dept. of Agriculture Agency DOC - Dept. of Commerce FNMA - Federal National Mortgage DOD - Dept. of Defense Association DOE - Dept.
    [Show full text]
  • This Is Not a Textual Record. This Is Used As an Administrative Marker by the William J
    FOIA Number: 2006-0469-F FOIA MARKER This is not a textual record. This is used as an administrative marker by the William J. Clinton Presidential Library Staff. Collection/Record Group: Clinton Presidential Records Subgroup/Office of Origin: Speechwriting Series/Staff Member: Michael Waldman Subseries: OA/ID Number: 13656 FolderlD: Folder Title: SOA [Summit ofthe Americas]: Caren Wilcox Memo on CoC Meeting Stack: Row: Section: Shelf: Position: 92 3 7 OFFICE OF PUBLIC LIAISON THE WHITE HOUSE MEMORANDUM FOR MACK MCLARTY ROGER ALTMAN ALEXIS HERMAN STEVE HILTON DANA HYDE MICHAEL WALDMAN' DAVID LANE FROM: Caren Wilco, SUBJECT: Speaker/s and Representation for Santiago, Chile Association of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America/Business Week Meeting - November 14 and 15 DATE: November 5, 1994 Within the space of twenty five minutes yesterday, Anne Wexler and Ken Flowers, who both represent organizations helpful to us on trade matters, raised with me in two different meetings the need for us to send a speaker and perhaps another representative of the President to the meeting of the Association of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America in Santiago, Chile on November 14 and 15. This will be an important gathering of businesses and government officials of the hemisphere before the Summit. It is co- sponsored by the AACCLA and Business Week. Apparently the Vice President had to regret, as well as Ambassador Barshevsky, and Under Secretary Summers. The proposal I received was that Jeff Garten of Commerce would be very well received, and should perhaps be accompanied by someone from the White House who is not going to APEC.
    [Show full text]
  • 33 Public Liaison
    THE WHITE HOUSE TRANSITION PROJECT 1997-2021 Smoothing the Peaceful Transfer of Democratic Power REPORT 2021—33 THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC LIAISON Joseph A. Pika, University of Delaware Smoothing the Peaceful Transfer of Democratic Power WHO WE ARE & WHAT WE DO The White House Transition Project. Established in 1997 to provide information to incoming White House staff members so that they can hit the ground running, The White House Transition Project includes a group of presidency scholars from across the country who participate in writing essays about past transitions and the inner workings of key White House offices. Since its creation, it has assisted campaigns in the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 presidential election years, and participated in the 2001, 2009, 2017, and now the 2021 presidential transitions with the primary goal of streamlining the process and enhancing the understanding of White House operations. WHTP maintains an important, international dimension by consulting with foreign governments and organizations interested in improving governmental transitions. http://whitehousetransitionproject.org The Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy. A central element of the University of Missouri’s main campus in Columbia, Missouri, the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy prepares students for lives of thoughtful and engaged citizenship by equipping them with knowledge of the ideas and events that have shaped our nation’s history. https://democracy.missouri.edu . © White House Transition Project 1997-2021 For the White House Transition Project ii For the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy http://whitehousetransitionproject.org https://democracy.missouri.edu/ Martha Joynt Kumar, Director (202) 285-3537 Justin Dyer, Director (416) 832-2121 Terry Sullivan, Exec.
    [Show full text]
  • The Trading Game
    THE TRADING GAME Inside Lobbying for the North American Free Trade Agreement THE CENTER FOR JTUBLIPUBLICC INTEGRITL Y THE TRADING GAME Inside Lobbying for the North American Free Trade Agreement THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY 1910 K Street N.W., Suite 802 Washington, D.C. 20006 (202) 223-0299 The Center for Public Integrity is an independent, nonprofit organization that examines public service and ethics-related issues. The Center's Reports combine the substantive study of government with in-depth journalism. The Center is funded by foundations, corporations, labor unions, individuals, and revenue from news organizations. Special thanks to the Bauman Foundation, the Deer Creek Foundation, and the Threshold Foundation, which provided vital support for this project. This study and the views expressed herein are those of the authors. What is written here does not necessarily reflect the views of individual members of the Center for Public Integrity's Board of Directors or the Advisory Board. Copyright (c) 1993 THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or used in any other form or by any other means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without the written permission of the Center for Public Integrity. ISBN 1-882583-02-7 This is the thirteenth published study by the Center for Public Integrity. The following individuals researched, wrote, edited, or otherwise assisted in the preparation of the text. Bill Baldwin is a senior at the University of Southern California, where he is pursuing a bachelor of arts degree in English and a bachelor of science degree in public administration/urban and regional planning.
    [Show full text]
  • Presidential Files; Folder: 1/21/80 [1]; Container 147
    1/21/80 [1] Folder Citation: Collection: Office of Staff Secretary; Series: Presidential Files; Folder: 1/21/80 [1]; Container 147 To See Complete Finding Aid: http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/library/findingaids/Staff_Secretary.pdf ·• � THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON 1/19/80 Mr. President: Jimmy Allen will be at the WH tuesday morning at your breakfast for Evangelical leaders. He has asked for 5 minutes to follow up on his Iran support. If you want to see him I suggest he walk back from breakfast with you - as· a quick meeting. schedule walk to Oval office have Zbig meet with him other Phil .... .• (-/;�.,.-;:,·, THE WHITE HOUSE l.i;·(l't! I .. ;l l . WASHINGTON (,"(,{.'I ''/' . ;;,"" /. /;' tt'tl­ January 18, 1980 {ldt t!� VJ#,...r/.r1 MEMORANDUM TO THE PRESIDENT � ¥' 11;fr' /) ,, ,. r;,v�..t.-tJ r r. -"""' t. /J ..t ,JJ FROM: ANNE WEXLER�-- �L I y. r .�J v BOB MADDOX �r ;,·f}P�;t ' '1,.-4 tl4o � � ,) SUBJECT: Speech to the 37th Annu al Conventi �he National Religious Broadcasters J- {.ttY' }y-f� :: H - {1 ) rl.;.:.. z V 1-Ij � 0 � vSU.� National Religious Broadcasters, a branch of the National Association �-� ��� Evangelicals, includes 400 Christian radio stations, 30 television � � stations- and approximately 400 program producers with such notables as 8 ;s H Rex Humbard and Billy Graham among its membership. The NRB adheres to a 0 � � z � theologically conservative.statement of the Christian faith. It's /.� � ,1, Executive Director is Dr. Ben Armstrong, a highly respected and influential /� �� evangelical. The convention runs Sunday through Wednesday. Your spee�h will be carried live on some of the national radio and television Christian networks, will be replayed many times and will be translated into eight languages,ultimately reaching millions of evangelicals.
    [Show full text]
  • Office of Public Liaison
    THE WHITE HOUSE T RANSITION PROJECT 1997—2017 SMOOTHING THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF DEMOCRATIC POWER Report 2017—34 OFFICE OF PUBLIC LIAISON Joseph A. Pika, University of Delaware and the White House Transition Project Funded by the ii SMOOTHING THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF DEMOCRATIC POWER WHO WE ARE & WHAT WE DO The White House Transition Project. Established in 1999 to provide information to incoming White House staff members so that they can hit the ground running, The White House Transition Project includes a group of presidency scholars from across the country who participate in writing essays about past transitions and the inner workings of key White House offices. Since its creation, it has participated in the 2001, 2009 and now the 2017 presidential transitions with the primary goal of streamlining the process and enhancing the understanding of White House operations. WHTP maintains an important, international dimension by consulting with foreign governments and organizations interested in improving governmental transitions. http://whitehousetransitionproject.org Rice University’s James A. Baker, III Institute for Public Policy. Founded in 1993 on the campus of Rice University, the Baker Institute has twenty programs that focus on a broad range of issues including energy, health, conflict resolution, science and technology, tax and expenditure policy and Latin America and China studies. With an eye toward educating and engaging the next generation of leaders, the Baker Institute collaborates with experts from academia, government, the media, business, and nongovernmental and private organizations. http://bakerinstitute.org The Moody Foundation. Chartered in 1942 by William Lewis Moody, Jr., a successful businessman from Galveston, Texas, the Moody Foundation makes a difference for the people of Texas.
    [Show full text]