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- Do you ever wonder how Washington really works?
- Twenty-three leaders of top U.S. and foreign corporations tried
- to find out last week in a three-day, TIME-sponsored visit to
- the nation's capital. White House Chief of Staff John Sununu
- opened the TIME Executive News Conference with a spirited
- defense of the President's first 100 days. Cabinet Secretaries
- painted a dismaying picture of U.S. drug, environmental and
- educational problems. One morning was spent in the CIA's domed
- and soundproofed "bubble" with officials, including Director
- William Webster. In a majestic Supreme Court conference room,
- Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy paced cheerfully as he quoted
- from Shakespeare and the Constitution. Assuring his visitors
- that it was all right to stay longer, Kennedy quipped, "Hey, I'm
- going to be here for the rest of my life."
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- At the end, the participants appeared more confident about
- America's international position than its domestic challenges.
- "I was impressed by the seriousness of our domestic problems,"
- said James Harvey, chairman of Transamerica Corp. "But at least
- we are squarely facing them. In business, half the solution is
- simply knowing the problem."
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