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The White House Staff

The White House Staff Inside the West Wing and Beyond

Bradley H. Patterson Jr., Brookings Institution Press 2000 c. 500pp.

Part One: Outside and Inside the White House

Chapter 1: Outside the Gates: A No-Consensus Society

Chapter 2: Inside the Gates: Alternatives for Organizing a White House

Part Two: The Not-So-Bashful Bureaucracy

Chapter 3: The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs

Chapter 4: "To Summarize and Analyze...Refine the Confliciting Views": The Domestic Policy Staff

Chapter 5: The National Economic Council

Chapter 6: The "Just-Us" Department: The Counsel to the President

Chapter 7: Legislative Affairs: "An Ambulatory Bridge across a Constitutional Gulf"

Chapter 8: Equidistant in an Adversarial Relationship: The Press Secretary

Chapter 9: The Continuing Campaign: The Office of Communications

Chapter 10: Judson Welliver and His Successors: The Speechwriting Office

Chapter 11: Representing Interests and Building Coalitions: The Office of Public Liaison

Chapter 12: Achievements versus Activities: The Office of Presidential Scheduling

Chapter 13: Energizer for Federalism: The Office of Intergovernmental Affairs

Chapter 14: Supporting Political Central: The Office of Political Affairs and Independent Political Consultants

Chapter 15: Control All the Way Down: The Office of Presidential Personnel

Chapter 16: Manager of Apparently Effortless Success: The Advance Office

Chapter 17: First-Magnitude Czars: Special Assistants for Special Purposes

Chapter 18: First Special Counselor: The President's Spouse

Chapter 19: Second Special Counselor: The Vice President

Chapter 20: Third Special Counselor: The Vice President's Spouse

Chapter 21: The President's Centripetal Offices

Part Three: The Professional White House

Chapter 22: Serving the Presidency: The Professional Staffs of the Modern White House

Part Four: White House Service in the Years Ahead

Chapter 23: The Essense of White House Service: Looking to the Future

Notes

Index

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