EAN: 9780804138260

THE GATEKEEPERS - CHRIS WHIPPLE KARTONIERT (TB)

Now with a chapter on the chaos in the Trump administration  the New York Times bestselling 
behind-the-scenes look at the White House Chiefs of Staff  whose actions-and inactions-have
defined the course of our country.   What do Dick Cheney and Rahm Emanuel have in common? Aside
from polarizing personalities  both served as chief of staff to the president of the United
States-as did Donald Rumsfeld  Leon Panetta  and a relative handful of others. The chiefs of
staff  often referred to as "the gatekeepers " wield tremendous power in Washington and beyond
they decide who is allowed to see the president  negotiate with Congress to push POTUS's agenda
and-most crucially-enjoy unparalleled access to the leader of the free world. Each chief can
make or break an administration  and each president reveals himself by the chief he picks.   
Through extensive  intimate interviews with eighteen living chiefs (including Reince Priebus)
and two former presidents  award-winning journalist and producer Chris Whipple pulls back the
curtain on this unique fraternity. In doing so  he revises our understanding of presidential
history  showing us how James Baker's expert managing of the White House  the press  and
Capitol Hill paved the way for the Reagan Revolution-and  conversely  how Watergate  the Iraq
War  and even the bungled Obamacare rollout might have been prevented by a more effective
chief.    Filled with shrewd analysis and never-before-reported details  The Gatekeepers offers
an essential portrait of the toughest job in Washington.

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