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OFF THE RECORD
MARCH 22, 1973
REMARKS OF THE PRESIDENT
SUB-CABINET BRIEFING
EOB BRIEFING ROOM
8:45 A.M. EST
John wanted to get off of here about impounding
right away, so as the Chief Impounder, we have a good captive
audience here. (Laughter)
My purpose here this morning is not to go into
details, which will be covered by John and by the others.
I understand Bill Rogers is going to be here, or is here.
But at any rate, whatever the case may be, foreign policy will
be covered, and Bill Rogers will also cover defense policy and
national security policy, I think, to an extent, too.
I will just take a moment to indicate to you what I
think is the importance of your positions and how you can all
be of assistance in the great battles which we are going to
wage.
This is called the sub-Cabinet, the top White House
staff, and so forth. It is really a group of men, and women
as well, who are probably best known as the anonymous people;
that is, unless you get caught with your hand in the till, and
then they will get you. (Laughter) The reason for that, of
course, is that the names that get in the papers, and the
rest, are usually those who are the head people, the Secre-
taries, the Cabinet heads, the Secretaries of the various
departments and the heads of the agencies, but you are the
ones, of course, who have to do so much of the work.
Out through the country you will, from time to time,
make appearances and, of course, when you go out in the coun-
try you will find enough attention paid to you, a great deal
more than you will ever get here.
Let me just say that it has always been my experience
that the people in this room, the people at what I call the
sub-cabinet level, are not only vitally important to making
Government work, but you are also very important in terms of
explaining our programs to the country, and now, I add, to
the Congress.
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