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THE JUDGE: WILLIAM P. CLARK, RONALD REAGAN'S TOP HAND

By Paul Kengor and Patricia Clark Doerner (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2007, 400 pp., $27.95 cloth)

THE COLORFUL LIFE of William P. Clark began on the ranches of Ventura County and continues today on his ranch in San Luis Obispo County. Between ranching chores, Clark's official positions in California have included chief of staff to the governor and justice of the superior, appellate, and supreme courts. And on the national level, he served as deputy secretary of state, national security advisor, and secretary of the interior. To each of these offices he was appointed by Ronald Reagan, whom he ...

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