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::" For Mr. Clinton, Mr. Jordan's roles have been manifold: Golfing companion.

Smoother of ruffled feathers ( he put the President back in touch with Zoë Baird after the withdrawal of her nomination to be Attorney General ).

Consoler-in-chief ( after Mr. Clinton was defeated for re-election as governor in 1980, after the suicide of Vincent W. Foster Jr. in 1993 ).

Conduit to the high and mighty ( he took Mr. Clinton in 1991 to the Bilderberg conference in Germany, an exclusive annual retreat for politicians and businessmen ).

Go-between ( he told Mike Espy he had to go as Secretary of Agriculture, helped win Warren Christopher a larger role as Secretary of State and sounded out Gen. Colin L. Powell for a Cabinet job ).