White House Chief of Staff Quotes
This statement was made more than 1/2 a year after he was pushed out of his job of WHite House Cheif of Stafff by President Donald Trump
Not every president feels the need for one. Nixon however had several.
The Supreme Court had decided to hear an important case on gun rights. Cheney had discovered that Solicitor General, the Administration’s chief lawyer before the Supreme Court, Paul Clement planned to file a brief that was very different from Cheney’s own personal views. In protest, he signed his name to a much stronger brief filed by 55 pro-gun senators and 250 members of the House of Representatives. The President’s Chief of Staff called Cheney on the carpet for doing something that was unforgivable—the Vice President had publicly criticized the position that the President’s (and the Vice President’s) chief lawyer was taking. See Cheney’s excuse {633773} . Bolton let the vice president know that if he ever tried something like this again, he would be frozen out of most government activities. In Bush’s second term Cheney had less and less influence, in part because of his unethical behavior like this.
Eleanor Roosevelt was left the other half of the income. Many people accused FDR of disinheriting his own children, However, he did not. It was the income from the estate that he left to LeHand as she was disabled and had no other source of sustenance or to pay her medical bills. The principle assets were left ½ to his children, and when Missy LeHand passed away, the income then reverted to his children. He explained to his son that the children were all educated and healthy and could earned a living but Missy could not. The children grew up knowing Missy and actually gave her the name “Missy” which stuck. There was no resentment on their part..
He was Chief of Staff and was trying to calm the nation. However, he created a real problem. By saying he was in control, he alarmed many people as the Constitution did not give him any authority to be in control of anything. Many people saw this as a sign of his extreme personal ambition. Others, that he had just made a mistake.
Mrs. Nixon put her foot down and the West Wing did not thereafter control and manage the affairs and staff of the First Lady.
The Supreme Court had decided to hear an important case on gun rights. Cheney discovered that Solicitor General, the Administration’s chief lawyer before the Supreme Court, Paul Clement planned to file a brief that was very different from Cheney’s own personal views. In protest, he signed his name to a much stronger brief filed by 55 pro-gun senators and 250 members of the House of Representatives. The President’s Chief of Staff called Cheney on the carpet for doing something that was unforgivable—the Vice President had publicly criticized the position that the President’s (and the Vice President’s) chief lawyer was taking. This was Cheney’s excuse—ie that he was not protesting as the Vice President but as President of the Senate, the only other Constitutional Role of the Vice President. Bolton let the vice president know that if he ever tried something like this again, he would be frozen out of most government activities. See {633772} . In Bush’s second term Cheney had less and less influence, in part because of his unethical behavior like this.
