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Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 04:42:06 EST
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TALKING POINTS=Women's Groups Send Clinton Names of Possible Ap-
pointees<

A coalition of women's groups has sent President-elect Clinton
the names of 75 women to help him meet his promise of appointing
women to Cabinet or senior policy-making positions in his ad-
ministration.

The list of abortion-rights Democrats includes such well-known
figures as Sally Ride, America's first female astronaut, former
vice presidential candidate Geraldine A. Ferraro, former Congres-
sional Budget Office director Alice Rivlin, and Del. Eleanor
Holmes Norton (D-D.C.).

The list is only a "first installment" in what will become a
large "talent bank" of women able to serve in the Clinton ad-
ministration, said Pat Reilly, a spokeswoman for the Coalition
for Women's Appointments, which includes 62 organizations. Repub-
licans will be included on later lists.

The idea behind the list was to make it "impossible for a
president to say, 'I couldn't find a qualified woman for a job,'
" Reilly said. The first women's list was organized for
President-elect Jimmy Carter's transition in 1976 and then new
lists were issued every four years. Carter appointed women to
13.5 percent of the 919 jobs he filled that required Senate con-
firmation, according to coalition figures.

Only 12 percent of President Ronald Reagan's appointees for those
senior jobs were women. President Bush did much better than ei-
ther of them, filling 20 percent of those senior jobs with women.
But Clinton, who pledged an administration that "looks like Amer-
ica," will have to do much better, Reilly said. "We hope that
fully 50 percent of the Senate-confirmed positions will be filled
by women," she said.< Cheney Sums Up, and Looks Ahead<Defense
Secretary Richard B. Cheney called his senior political appoin-
tees to a meeting Nov. 4 to say the previous day's election
results meant "the battle is behind us." But he sounded to some
as though he had another one in mind in four years or so.

No one in the room, he told them, should expect to have a job
after noon on Jan. 20, according to one note-taking official in
attendance. "If I were coming in," he said, "I'd certainly want
to clean house. That's how you maintain accountability." Cheney
told the troops he hoped "we won't dwell on the election because
there's nothing to be gained by holding a grudge." He said there
was plenty of work left to do and he didn't expect them to take
"long trips" and "three-hour lunches."

But Cheney saved the best for last. He told his aides he looked
back "with considerable satisfaction" on the last four years, and
added, "There may come a day when I have an opportunity to renew
these relationships."

1996, anyone?< - Al Kamen> 02:20 11-12C9999-----

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