Beyond the question of the death penalty, advisers said Mr. Ashcroft had been influenced by a desire to see the cases tried in the Washington metropolitan area, rather than in Alabama, Louisiana or elsewhere, because of the traumatic impact the sniper shootings had on the region for three weeks.
With bin Laden's death, the civilian advisers who favor that approach, led by national security adviser Thomas E. Donilon, have a fresh argument for a more targeted — and less expensive — military mission at a time of severe fiscal strain at home.
Mr. Carney himself had refused for days to speak for Mr. Obama about Trayvon's death, and other advisers on Friday likewise declined to weigh in on the thinking at the White House about the case and its repercussions.
After Beecham's death in 1961 advisers were appointed to assist the trustees, and in 1979 the administration of the Trust was taken over by the Musicians Benevolent Fundd.
If negotiation is often stereotyped as a war of egos, then the death of presidential adviser Warren Christopher offers an opportunity to reflect on the role modesty and reserve can play in even the most contentious talks.
The writing of President Bush's speech asking the Palestinians to replace their leadership went through two dozen drafts before Mr. Bush expressed some irritation, saying he was being "nuanced to death," as one adviser put it.
No wonder there's chatter about the death of robo-advisers.
The unexpected death of his adviser meant that that Smith had to pick up the pieces and move on, without the help he had grown used to.
Chatah, 62, an economist and diplomat, was at the time of his death a senior adviser to members of the Saudi-backed Future Movement and a member of a group called the March 14 bloc, which had convened the meeting he was traveling to when the explosion occurred.
For a leader whose administration was consumed by conflict and death, Mr. Bush's former advisers say the Africa ventures offer a way to focus on life.
In the immediate aftermath of Mr. Wellstone's death, some senior Bush advisers questioned whether it was appropriate for the president to make another campaign stop in the state, but Mr. Rove said that the race was too crucial to bypass -- and that the other side had no right to cry politics when a memorial service for Mr. Wellstone evolved into a Democratic rally.
