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Carter aide Jordan amid White House gossip and power
Washington profile of Hamilton Jordan, President Carter's senior assistant, detailing his public image as a party loving, beer drinking symbol in a gossip soaked town. It notes his rapid rise to de facto chief of staff, his wide role in foreign policy, clashes with Congress, and personal pressures after a bar incident. Jordan defends his behavior as unchanged and essential to his work with Carter.
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Washington
Hamilton Jordan
Carter
White House
Jordan
Oval Office
United States
Jimmy
Mondale
Democratic National Committee
Office of Management and Budget
Director
Central Intelligence
Georgia
Cyrus R. Vance
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Adm
Stansfield Turner
West Wing
H. R. Haldeman
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Nixon
Congress
Capitol Hill
House
Thomas P. O’neill Jr
Hannibal Jerkin
Jody Powell
Tregard
Gerald Rafshoon
Ham
Georgetown
Nancy