How to Survive a Senate Confirmation

Robert Reich reflects on his Senate confirmation as Labor Secretary nearly 30 years ago.

“In late December 1992 I received a phone call from a lawyer who’d been retained by the Clinton campaign who said he’d been asked to investigate me in case Bill Clinton wanted to appoint me to high office. He was a bit vague about who made the request, but said it was urgent we meet as soon as possible.”

Also read Part II and Part III.

As a Senate staffer at the time — and a former student of Robert Reich’s — I found these essays really interesting.