Epstein Secrets

oddamn business," Don Hewitt, czar of "60 Minutes," said to me about Clarke's explosive debut on the show with Lesley Stahl. "Dick Clarke taking on George Bush was a great big moment." The stakeout culture needed this moral lift. Clarke suddenly restored our definition of news. Instead of souped-up sound b

make another dime in Washington in his life.' " To be continued The Condi Rice hearings will supplant Clarke in sex appeal. The new story line of "Bush's best girl in trouble" has too much of a sweeps week flavor not to win the next round. No one really wants to focus on the most uncomfortable par

oy me professionally. One line that somebody overheard was, 'He's not going to make another dime in Washington in his life.' " To be continued The Condi Rice hearings will supplant Clarke in sex appeal. The new story line of "Bush's best girl in trouble" has too much of a sweeps week flavor not to win

n Hadley, national security adviser to George W. Bush; and Richard Haass, president of the Council on

phen Hadley, national security adviser to George W. Bush; and Richard Haass, president of the Counci

else's backyard. The prospects generally lack the public presence and star power of most Foggy Bottom occupants--Henry Kissinger, Colin Powell, and Condi Rice, for example. And they certainly don't rival Hillary Clinton, who is determined both to stay until January and not be a lame duck. Doubt not that s

o sought to reward his bold critique of the American-led war against Iraq, especially since they drew ill-tempered ripostes from top officials in the Bush administration, particularly “Dick Cheney and his faction.” In many ways, this David-Goliath confrontation over Iraq both drove E|Baradei in his yea

, referring to the relationship between the first President Bush and James Baker, who was so tight with his boss t

tion, reaches out like Colin Powell (who advised her to resist the efforts of bureaucrats to strip her of her BlackBerry), and offers continuity with Condi Rice’s policy on aids and Africa. But she might most resemble Ronald Reagan’s second secretary of state, George Shultz, a canny pragmatist who made signific