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Cabinet. when he got elected eisenhower didn't know anybody. he told his people, i don't want friends on my cabinet. they went out and got the leaders of industry. he said, eisenhower said i don't want somebody working in my administration if they can afford to work in my administration. and that was alluding exactly to what you were saying. >> i heard joe on a panel yesterday. he is developing a major new wave of ike nostalgia. it's beginning here. it's beginning at this table. it's going to sweep the country. >> there was a lot of -- >> competence is actually an under valued asset in governm...