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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
03-May-1996 10:43am
TO:
Janice A. Enright
TO:
Douglas B. Sosnik
TO:
Evelyn S. Lieberman
TO:
Jodie R. Torkelson
TO:
Rahm Emanuel
FROM:
Barry J. Toiv
Office of the Chief of Staff
SUBJECT: PRESIDENT'S ADVANCE MAN DOESN'T ALWAYS MAKE PRESIDENT HAPPY
Date: 05/03/96 Time: 08:39
CPresident's Advance Man Doesn't Always Make President Happy
WASHINGTON (AP) Buffalo roamed at the edges of the Wyoming
meadow, shaded by cotton ball clouds and pines until a sleek,
black limousine rumbled into view. In a flash, the spooked animals
fled into the woods
...
and were gone.
The picture-perfect scene was ruined. And President Clinton,
wearing hiking boots and jeans for his summertime visit to
Yellowstone National Park, was furious.
Red-faced, he jabbed a finger at staff member Mort Engelberg and
demanded to know why his four-wheel-drive Suburban, the president's
favored mode of vacation travel, hadn't been there instead of the
decidedly out of place limo.
'`Old Faithful should blow so high,'' an aide later quipped.
But Engelberg, a fulltime Hollywood producer and part-time
Clinton aide, survived the 1995 summer vacation misstep and remains
one of the most valuable members of the White House ''advance
team,'' a gung-ho group of Clintonites who produce presidential
events.
He survived another blowup this week. Political director Harold
Ickes admonished Engelberg for mishandling the choice of a
student-speaker at a Clinton event Tuesday in Miami. The White
House apologized to local school officials after Engelberg clumsily
rejected a community group's selection of a young man to introduce
Clinton.
Engelberg had violated the most important tenet of the advance
team: Don't get noticed.
His job is supposed to be stealthy and subtle, melding sights
and sounds for settings that are pleasing to the camera's eye. When
done right, all the stage-managing looks unmanaged.
And supporters say Engelberg is perfectly cast as producer of
Clinton productions.
Though not well known outside the movie world, his credits