Article: WHITE HOUSE STAFF'S INEXPERIENCE TRIPS UP INSIDER BUSH.(Main)

Byline: Karen Hosler

The trouble with working for a president who's been around Washington for so long, says White House Communications Director David F. Demarest, is that people expect his staff immediately to know what they are doing.

In fact, Bush's staff - in a near sleepless whirl since Inauguration Day - have been subject to more than their share of start-up snafus, ranging from political blunders to hiring snags, to just getting their computers to talk to each other.

And while they have had some notable successes - for example, in designing a budget strategy and in moving quickly on the thrift industry crisis - what has gone wrong has ...

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