Clinton Shuffles White House Staff

President Clinton revamped the upper reaches of his White House staff, replacing a cadre of campaign heroes with newly promoted advisors loyal to incoming Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles. As the president turned his focus to four remaining Cabinet vacancies, Bowles promised that the staff will hum with the efficiency of a business. But Bowles demonstrated that he can throw an elbow or two: He nudged out the current deputy chiefs of staff, Harold M. Ickes and Evelyn Lieberman, to be replaced by political trouble-shooter John Podesta and Treasury official Sylvia Mathews.