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Alternate HTML content should be placed here.We are best known for our Contemporary styles and Fabulous hair color.Josh Bolten '80, nicknamed "Yosh" by President Bush, is one of the most powerful people in Washington.And he's a darned
good bowler to boot.Albans prep school, Princeton
University, and Stanford Law School, Class of 1980.Deputy White House
Chief of Staff.At the moment, he is a member of President Bush's cabinet as Director of the Office of Management and Budget.Bolten gives bowling shoes as birthday gifts.He gives bowling balls to his staff."He's one of the
most capable people in government," said Nicholas Calio, a former senior aide to both Presidents Bush and now a top executive
at Citigroup."But he also likes to have bowling parties.Even if you follow the machinations of Washington closely, you might never have heard of Bolten.He reached that height in a game against President Bush."But it's a much worse thing to ease up when competing with him,"
Bolten said."If he senses that you're easing up because he's President, he really gets annoyed.For the last 15 years, the man whom George W.Bush has nicknamed "Yosh" has spent most of his waking
hours working for presidents named Bush.During the administration of the first President George Bush, Bolten served for
three years as General Counsel to the U.Bush's campaign for
president before joining the administration, where he's had two jobs.Initially, Bolten was Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
and since June 2003 he's been OMB Director.But it turns out that the job he has is the one he really
wants.So he packed up this flat in London, flew to Austin, and set up a new home.Karl Rove, Bush's chief political adviser."That is the most thankless job in the
world," said Rove."It's our function to make sure that it's consistent with the President's policies.During this time of supersized budget deficits, OMB often plays the "bad cop" of the administration.In other words, Bolten's main job is, more often than not, to just say "no."Now that he's at OMB, Bolten doesn't see Bush as often as he used to when he was
Deputy Chief of Staff.But he has far greater contact with the other top officials in the Bush administration."When the budget is in the throes of being assembled, probably several times a day.White House senior staff meeting and I'm rarely out of here before
10:30 at night."His only complaint is that he wishes he didn't have to show up as early as he does.Part of Bolten's enthusiasm comes from his sincere affection for Bush.President is a terrific leader and a
great guy," he said."Because of the times we're in, what goes on here isn't trivial," said Bolten."In the midst of the war on terrorism, these
are important times."Almost immediately after the horrific attacks of September 11, 2001, Bolten was handed a key responsibility.The White
House's National Security Council, headed by former Stanford Provost Condoleezza Rice, was so overwhelmed with its antiterrorism
duties that the President decided to hand off some of its tasks to an ad hoc organization called the Domestic Consequences
Principals Group."Andy Card and Condi Rice came to me and said, 'There's too much to do.At the core of Bolten's group were the Secretaries of Treasury, Transportation, Health, and Energy with regular appearances
from other senior officials at agencies like EPA and Interior.So as soon as he could, he phased the
group out and returned to business as usual as Deputy Chief of Staff."One day in the spring of last year, the President was having a sandwich for lunch in his side
dining room off the Oval Office, and I had to be in there to talk to him about something," Bolten recalled.He asked who I thought would
be best suited for the job.Bush inquired closely about Bolten's suggestions and then asked a surprise question: "How about you?""Well, think about it," Bush said.Bolten and other staffers examined other candidates for a while, but Card and Bush concluded that Bolten was their man.No one else in the Bush orbit knew the President's policies better than Bolten.He had
supervised their development from the very beginning during the campaign, and he had coordinated their implementation in the
White House as Deputy Chief of Staff.Besides, Bolten was wrong about the kind of personality that Bush needed for the job.Bolten now finds himself buffeted by criticism more often than ever.The budget director is in almost constant tension
with the entire rest of the government over the allocation of resources because nobody thinks they get enough."The White House hierarchy agrees with that sentiment."Josh could build relationships that were strained," said Card.Bolten may be polite but he isn't by any stretch buttoned down.He recites poetry, sometimes at great length."His knowledge base is much, much broader than just policy or budget
numbers."He's owned and ridden motorcycles for years, and he helped conceive one
of the quirkiest and most successful campaign organizations in 2000, Bikers for Bush.During the group's first rally, Bolten rode
a newly purchased bike to the Iowa Straw Poll in Ames.Bolten, who is unmarried, has made the gossip columns partly thanks to his bikes.News photographers caught him giving a
ride on one of his bikes to actress Bo Derek, of 10 fame, during a Bikers for Bush rally in Flint, Michigan, in
November 2000.Bolten and Derek had actually met earlier in the year at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia.Republican, was scheduled to give a speech during the proceedings, and she wanted to be briefed on Bush's
policy ideas.Bolten attended the same elite private high school that former Vice President Al Gore went to, St.From his earliest years, Bolten, though never
a zealot, has always been a conservative.Gore's dad was a senator; Bolten's was a civil servant.An otherwise garrulous fellow on other matters (he often expressed his conservative political views), Seymour
Bolten never said a word about his work at home.His wife, Analouise, or "Stacy," was less of a mystery."She's the smartest person I know," Bolten said proudly of his mom.He belongs to a local temple, tries to
attend Sabbath dinner at his sister's house when he can on Friday nights, and doesn't eat pork.The Bushes have been sensitive
to this fact and always put a big mushroom on their grill during barbecues so that Bolten will have something he can eat.Jew in the Bush White House," Bolten volunteered.Bush are people of deep faith who respect faith .And the school proved to be just that way."Gerry Gunther came with his great knowledge and great tan and sat in the
shallow end, smoking a cigarette and chatting through constitutional law with the most attractive women in the section,"
recalled Bolten."The faculty was very accessible and very good."Bolten has a similar feeling about government.And for that he has his father to thank."In many respects I would like to end up being as good a public servant as he.""I'm interested in serving as long as the President
wants me to serve," he said.As would befit a high Bush administration
official, Bolten believes that the deficit is manageable in both the short and medium term.He insists that the President's
budget would credibly slice the deficit in half over five years."Those cannot be addressed with modest changes in expenditures or
even taxes.Those have to be addressed with fundamental reform of those programs."If the
President is reelected, Bolten could have a leading role in rewriting two of government's largest and most troubled programs: Medicare
and Social Security.Asked if Bush will push to overhaul Social Security next year, Bolten said, "I'm hopeful he will."Jeff Birnbaum is a writer and columnist at the Washington Post, and appears regularly on PBS's
Washington Week and the Fox News Channel.
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