How not to pick a team (again)

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Pres Clinton is in the process of filling vacant cabinet positions, following his reelection. The process is a cumbersome one with the appointees requiring close scrutiny, as well as Congressional approval, and a bipartisan task force has recommended simplification of the procedures.

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Ron Brown, salesman

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Commerce Sec Ron Brown is highly praised by corporate executives for his foreign trade advocacy, but his political survival is threatened by investigations of his personal finances. In many ways the Commerce Dept is engaged in a large-scale version of influence peddling.

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Ron Brown, man of parts

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Ron Brown did not receive the post of Secretary of Commerce just as a political favor repayment by Bill Clinton. He is a shrewd politician and businessman. His business interests may conflict with his Commerce Department duties, but that is true of others as well.

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