pioneered a White House morning news summary, prepared by 7 a.m. each day by a young aide named Pat Buchanan, that became the first thing he read each day. It all but guaranteed he’d be in a grumpy mood by lunch; the news summary would be returned to his aides, its margins filled with scribbled notes, follow-ups, and diatribes. “It was eating at him,” Buchanan observed.
