Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.wpost From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: TALKING POINTS=Boren, Crowe, Inman Decline Consideration for Clinton Posts< Date: Fri, 6 Nov 92 05:06:14 EST Message-ID: <37.1992Nov6.050614@AmeriCast.com> TALKING POINTS=Boren, Crowe, Inman Decline Consideration for Clinton Posts< Within 48 hours of Bill Clinton's election, three potential candidates had already removed themselves from the run- ning for top administration jobs - Sen. David L. Boren (D- Okla.), retired Adm. William J. Crowe and retired Adm. Bobby In- man. Speculation had all three as possible CIA directors. Crowe "is not interested," said aide Jay Coupe. A former head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under president Reagan and Bush, Crowe endorsed Clinton and gave him the imprimatur of the defense es- tablishment when Clinton was under fire for avoiding service in Vietnam. Crowe has not had any discussions with Clinton about the CIA job or about becoming secretary of defense - another position for which he has been prominently mentioned, said Coupe. "Forty-seven years in service is enough," he said. Inman, a former deputy CIA director, said in an interview that he was not interested in a full-time Washington job. Boren, outgoing chairman of the Senate intelligence committee, has told Clinton he is not interested in the job and would rather focus on other areas such as taxes and campaign finance reform, sources said. Boren's counterpart in the House, Rep. Dave McCurdy, also an Ok- lahoma Democrat, appears in the running for the job. CIA Director Robert M. Gates may be asked to remain for several months after Clinton takes office in January to ensure a smooth transition, sources said.