"Some people come to Washington to take over a department and don't know that they can't do much without OMB's approval, " Darman once observed.

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George Bush's budget director, the brilliant and calculating Richard Darman, managed to commandeer virtually the entire domestic agenda from his post in the Old Executive Office Building.

CNN: AllPolitics - TIME This Week

Deputy Chief of Staff Dick Darman, who controlled the paper flow in and out of the Oval Office, for example, was often accused of preventing Reagan from seeing memos that argued against positions Darman favored.

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