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Walter. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 11, 2008, at 8:19 AM, "John Podesta" <[email protected]> wrote: > talking Walter here, right? > > On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 11:28 AM, Cassandra Butts > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Actually, his stated top candidate for Sec State is Dick Lugar. He >> believes >> that with Biden as vp it is important to put someone at state who >> has a good >> relationship with him and is viewed as a peer. He also raised >> Daschle as a >> second choice, but sees him as a top chief of staff candidate too. >> He said >> in jest that the UN ambassador needed to be someone who could make >> even the >> Syrians believe that someone was listening to them, and then >> indicated that >> it was the job he was most interested in. >> >> On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 9:10 AM, John Podesta >> <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> That's interesting re powell. Walter, by the way wants to be Sec >>> State. That seems beyond the realm of possibility, but maybe there >>> is >>> something else he should be considered for. >>> >>> On the vetting side, we should do due diligence in the private vet, >>> but in my view it makes no sense to burden him with details unless >>> something rises to a level where it would threaten confirmation or >>> cause a real embarrasment to the administration. He shouldn't be >>> reading the moral equivalent of raw FBI files. That serves no >>> purpose >>> and will bog down the process. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 10:39 PM, Cassandra Butts >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> The basic question relates to the scale of the private record >>>> vetting >>>> process. Given his experience with the vp process, how much >>>> information >>>> will >>>> he need beyond the public record vetting memos to make a decision >>>> about >>>> candidates for key positions prior to the election? We will make >>>> recommendations to him on a process in consultation with the >>>> vetters and >>>> the >>>> campaign staff who participated in the vp process, but it would be >>>> helpful >>>> to have some feedback moving forward to keep us on the right track. >>>> >>>> On a related note, Christine and I met with Walter Issacson this >>>> afternoon >>>> to consult on names for the personnel process. He had good >>>> insights and >>>> some >>>> out-of-the-box suggestions. For example, he had a recent >>>> conversation >>>> with >>>> Colin Powell in which Powell indicated that the one position that >>>> he >>>> would >>>> consider going back into to government for is secretary of >>>> education. >>>> Issacson is interested in helping more to the extent there is a >>>> need. He >>>> will share additional names with us, and he may reach out to you. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 5:02 PM, John Podesta <[email protected] >>>> > >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Juliana will send the COS memo. What issues do you need from him? >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 12:35 PM, Cassandra Butts >>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> John, >>>>>> >>>>>> Can you share your chief of staff memo? Mike Froman mentioned >>>>>> that >>>>>> you >>>>>> had >>>>>> drafted something outlining options on the role of the chief of >>>>>> staff, >>>>>> and >>>>>> it would be helpful to see. >>>>>> >>>>>> Mike and Federico shared a download on the conversation with >>>>>> Barack >>>>>> this >>>>>> weekend on personnel matters. There are a number of questions >>>>>> related >>>>>> to >>>>>> the >>>>>> vetting process that it would have been helpful to raise with >>>>>> Barack >>>>>> as >>>>>> we >>>>>> think about structuring a public and private record vet that >>>>>> borrows >>>>>> from >>>>>> what worked in the vp vetting process. We have the perspective >>>>>> of the >>>>>> vetters -- Christine and I had another good conversation with >>>>>> Leslie >>>>>> Kiernan >>>>>> yesterday -- but we are missing the perspective of the consumer >>>>>> of >>>>>> all >>>>>> the >>>>>> information we are preparing. I wasn't aware that the call with >>>>>> Barack >>>>>> was >>>>>> taking place, so I had no way of asking that vetting questions >>>>>> be a >>>>>> part >>>>>> of >>>>>> the conversation. I don't expect to be on all the calls, and I >>>>>> don't >>>>>> want to >>>>>> overstep my role in this process, but it would be helpful to >>>>>> either >>>>>> be >>>>>> included in future calls or know that they are occurring so >>>>>> that I >>>>>> can >>>>>> ask >>>>>> that vetting-related questions be added to the agenda. Mike and I >>>>>> have >>>>>> been >>>>>> working well together, be he isn't always the best at >>>>>> communicating >>>>>> this >>>>>> type of information. I will take your lead on this, as always, >>>>>> and I >>>>>> want to >>>>>> be respectful of whatever process we put in place for >>>>>> communicating >>>>>> with >>>>>> Barack and getting his feedback. >>>>>> >>>>>> Best, >>>>>> Cassandra >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >> >> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: by 10.151.117.7 with SMTP id u7cs77620ybm; Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:03:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.214.81.3 with SMTP id e3mr2429113qab.87.1221138184583; Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:03:04 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from qw-out-1920.google.com (qw-out-1920.google.com [74.125.92.146]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id 8si6199984qwj.6.2008.09.11.06.03.03; Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:03:04 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of [email protected] designates 74.125.92.146 as permitted sender) client-ip=74.125.92.146; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of [email protected] designates 74.125.92.146 as permitted sender) [email protected]; dkim=pass (test mode) [email protected] Received: by qw-out-1920.google.com with SMTP id 9so27916qwj.26 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:03:03 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:from:to :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-mailer :mime-version:subject:date:references; bh=SmVOQP80AYfRw8m4g0thcn/VD0L169Fn8nzIvt6QrAM=; b=ei+UtyLqbx+x0IM6gQNkc5Meh2VYtRTJcjWNY/NSzG35ie53oIJos2BHCSoBSG7vO9 mJ/0OvqEkZ+adAxiQn0XMTV3ziy3hHNIHuQxA57Uler8shtq3igPiGbsWuAJ/RSbh9xZ 1GYBHBh0ydMBUNI56AXJGqLg1+6NVUa7Z8esA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:x-mailer:mime-version:subject:date :references; b=uWLHAnIxp9FahlIawJwJifo+GN6xRTl8ckgORgGpVAiT13Ze36ERZy2vBZS00HfCSY xDC091bMdZFyKD8WxK+0Ml2qIgDhPGSW9j/5ccckvxvgFJXHoqeAX07Iu1HRoN+5kCTo PQNvFCO1QlRvAA/mLpFgVY8XV0paNE4+xEJAQ= Received: by 10.214.44.13 with SMTP id r13mr2455680qar.65.1221138183767; Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:03:03 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from ?10.92.211.83? ( [32.167.71.93]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 6sm11610352ywp.3.2008.09.11.06.02.58 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:03:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <[email protected]> From: Cassandra Butts <[email protected]> To: John Podesta <[email protected]> In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (5C1) Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPhone Mail 5C1) Subject: Re: chief of staff memo and the vetting process Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:02:06 -0400 References: <[email protected]> <[email protected]> <[email protected]> <[email protected]> <[email protected]> <[email protected]> Yes, Walter. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 11, 2008, at 8:19 AM, "John Podesta" <[email protected]> wrote: > talking Walter here, right? > > On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 11:28 AM, Cassandra Butts > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Actually, his stated top candidate for Sec State is Dick Lugar. He >> believes >> that with Biden as vp it is important to put someone at state who >> has a good >> relationship with him and is viewed as a peer. He also raised >> Daschle as a >> second choice, but sees him as a top chief of staff candidate too. >> He said >> in jest that the UN ambassador needed to be someone who could make >> even the >> Syrians believe that someone was listening to them, and then >> indicated that >> it was the job he was most interested in. >> >> On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 9:10 AM, John Podesta >> <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> That's interesting re powell. Walter, by the way wants to be Sec >>> State. That seems beyond the realm of possibility, but maybe there >>> is >>> something else he should be considered for. >>> >>> On the vetting side, we should do due diligence in the private vet, >>> but in my view it makes no sense to burden him with details unless >>> something rises to a level where it would threaten confirmation or >>> cause a real embarrasment to the administration. He shouldn't be >>> reading the moral equivalent of raw FBI files. That serves no >>> purpose >>> and will bog down the process. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 10:39 PM, Cassandra Butts >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> The basic question relates to the scale of the private record >>>> vetting >>>> process. Given his experience with the vp process, how much >>>> information >>>> will >>>> he need beyond the public record vetting memos to make a decision >>>> about >>>> candidates for key positions prior to the election? We will make >>>> recommendations to him on a process in consultation with the >>>> vetters and >>>> the >>>> campaign staff who participated in the vp process, but it would be >>>> helpful >>>> to have some feedback moving forward to keep us on the right track. >>>> >>>> On a related note, Christine and I met with Walter Issacson this >>>> afternoon >>>> to consult on names for the personnel process. He had good >>>> insights and >>>> some >>>> out-of-the-box suggestions. For example, he had a recent >>>> conversation >>>> with >>>> Colin Powell in which Powell indicated that the one position that >>>> he >>>> would >>>> consider going back into to government for is secretary of >>>> education. >>>> Issacson is interested in helping more to the extent there is a >>>> need. He >>>> will share additional names with us, and he may reach out to you. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 5:02 PM, John Podesta <[email protected] >>>> > >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Juliana will send the COS memo. What issues do you need from him? >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 12:35 PM, Cassandra Butts >>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> John, >>>>>> >>>>>> Can you share your chief of staff memo? Mike Froman mentioned >>>>>> that >>>>>> you >>>>>> had >>>>>> drafted something outlining options on the role of the chief of >>>>>> staff, >>>>>> and >>>>>> it would be helpful to see. >>>>>> >>>>>> Mike and Federico shared a download on the conversation with >>>>>> Barack >>>>>> this >>>>>> weekend on personnel matters. There are a number of questions >>>>>> related >>>>>> to >>>>>> the >>>>>> vetting process that it would have been helpful to raise with >>>>>> Barack >>>>>> as >>>>>> we >>>>>> think about structuring a public and private record vet that >>>>>> borrows >>>>>> from >>>>>> what worked in the vp vetting process. We have the perspective >>>>>> of the >>>>>> vetters -- Christine and I had another good conversation with >>>>>> Leslie >>>>>> Kiernan >>>>>> yesterday -- but we are missing the perspective of the consumer >>>>>> of >>>>>> all >>>>>> the >>>>>> information we are preparing. I wasn't aware that the call with >>>>>> Barack >>>>>> was >>>>>> taking place, so I had no way of asking that vetting questions >>>>>> be a >>>>>> part >>>>>> of >>>>>> the conversation. I don't expect to be on all the calls, and I >>>>>> don't >>>>>> want to >>>>>> overstep my role in this process, but it would be helpful to >>>>>> either >>>>>> be >>>>>> included in future calls or know that they are occurring so >>>>>> that I >>>>>> can >>>>>> ask >>>>>> that vetting-related questions be added to the agenda. Mike and I >>>>>> have >>>>>> been >>>>>> working well together, be he isn't always the best at >>>>>> communicating >>>>>> this >>>>>> type of information. I will take your lead on this, as always, >>>>>> and I >>>>>> want to >>>>>> be respectful of whatever process we put in place for >>>>>> communicating >>>>>> with >>>>>> Barack and getting his feedback. >>>>>> >>>>>> Best, >>>>>> Cassandra >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >> >>