Duberstein was now a virtual co–chief of staff. With her friend Deaver gone, Nancy dealt directly with Duberstein. “Reagan was always in the Oval at 9 a.m.,” he says. “She would call me at five minutes of nine and give me a heads-up about something they had just talked about, or they had read in the newspaper that morning. It was so I could start my mind thinking, or people working—so that I could anticipate and help him out and guide him. If he didn’t sleep well the night before, sometimes she would tell me that—so that I could adjust his calendar a little bit. ‘Did he need all of those
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