The President's Call: Executive Leadership From FDR to George Bush (128 page)

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Paulson, Kristin, 133
Pendleton Act of 1883, 14-15
Persian Gulf War, 47-49
Peters, Shirley, 222
Pfiffner, James P., 38, 81, 114, 119, 139, 143, 178, 328
Phillips, Susan, 231, 239, 243, 246, 248
Pierce, Samuel, 41, 216, 263
Piper, Steven, 133
Plum Book,
114-15, 327, 332
Poindexter, John, 18, 41
Political appointment system: advantages of, 137-39;
and confirmation process, 102-04, 199, 209, 261-65, 282;
and conflict of interest requirements, 226, 245-46;

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