Nation: Wexler Fills the Vacuum

In a sunny office on the second floor of the White House's West Wing, a myriad of complicated details were sorted out for this week's visit of China's Teng Hsiao-p'ing. There, too, strategy was being mapped for steering the President's budget through Congress, fighting inflation and rallying support for SALT. The office is a control tower for the Administration, and much of the credit for the improving management of Jimmy Carter's White House these days is being given to the tower's occupant: Anne Wexler, 48.

Acting as the Administration's traffic controller is exactly what Wexler was expected to do when she was...

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