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Lloyd Cutler [1917-2005] American

Rank: 103
Lawyer, Former White House Counsel

Lloyd Norton Cutler was an American attorney, who served as White House Counsel during the Democratic administrations of Presidents Carter and Clinton.

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Later in that administration, I was asked to take a job which I had to turn down as Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs because we were just then putting together the merger of two small law firms that became this law firm. I couldn't leave them at that point.		101
Certainly the existence of these huge nuclear force was important for the ultimate confrontation, let's say, over western Europe. You just can't use them to deal with a situation like Afghanistan.		102
The whole thing was done for internal political reasons to galvanize and unify the country against the Americans, and if they hadn't had that immediate opportunity they would have found another one.		103
In the end, the Foreign Ministry had no power at all to do anything.		104
And we made decisions on each of those matters which were ultimately upheld by the courts.		105
I learned running the government for the Presidency, which I always thought was difficult, is even more difficult than I thought.		106
I think the President himself is a remarkably intelligent, decent, ethical man. I think he did very well, but I think the job builds up over expectations which all candidates contribute to including this President that simply cannot be fulfilled.		107

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