White House Years
He served as White House Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton from 1993 until 1994. In 1994, the President asked his OMB Director, Leon Panetta, what was wrong with his administration and was told about the lack of order in the White House. McLarty was out. According to author Nigel Hamilton, "Panetta replaced McLarty for the rest of Clinton's first term—and the rest is history. To be a great leader, a modern president must have a great chief of staff—and in Leon Panetta, Clinton got the enforcer he deserved."
McLarty is a lifelong friend of Clinton's, both having been in the same kindergarten class together. He was also a counselor to the President after leaving the Chief of Staff position and was a "Special Envoy for the Americas". He also served for five years on the National Economic Council."
Serving as Clinton's "special envoy for the Americas," he was a key figure in the creation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), which was supported by the Council of the Americas, established by David Rockefeller in 1965. He was a top official at the 1994 Miami Summit of the Americas, which laid the groundwork for this Trade bloc; as well as serving as a key liaison to Clinton for Rockefeller's Council in the implementation of this trade agreement.
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