Who's Who.

• Author: THREADGILL, SUSAN
• Position: Political news briefs - Brief Article

Oops. We were dead wrong when we reported last month that Juanita Broderick had written Bill Clinton "I admire you very much." It was he who had written those words to her, a fact that alters the significance more than a little bit.

Thomas Ewing, a congressman from Illinois, may turn out to be new Speaker Dennis Hasrtert's closest confidant. Certainly he's the closest in physical location, having been assigned an office within the Speaker's own suite. John Feehery, a Hastert spokesman, says that he does not know of another case where a speaker has shared quarters with another member.

Michael Isikoffis said to have been unhappy with the way he was treated when he worked at The Washington Post. If so, his new book Uncovering Clinton certainly settles some scores. He describes Robert Kaiser, the Post colleague who expressed the greatest disdain for his Paula Jones scoop, as "a pompous snob." And he carefully points out that the Post's Susan Schmidt and Peter Baker got it wrong when they reported that "Lewinsky described Clinton and [Vernon] Jordan directing her to testify falsely in the Paula Jones sexual harassment case."

Federico J. Pena did not appreciate the White House's attempt to blame him in the Energy Department's slow response to Chinese espionage. His friends are asking "Didn't Bill Clinton appoint him?"

Paula Jones got just $200,000 from the $850,000 settlement of her suit against Bill Clinton. You will not be surprised to learn that the rest went to lawyers. But you may not know that she would have received $440,000 if she had accepted the 1997 settlement offer made by Clinton's lawyers.

Advancing White House trips is a job often left to junior staff, especially when the destination is a Buffalo or an Indianapolis. But when the destination is glamorous, the assignment becomes a much-prized perk. Thus the advance team for Hillary Clinton's recent jaunt to Marrakech included Deputy White House counsel Cheryl Mills.

California Congressman James Rogan was supposed to be in trouble with liberal Hollywood Democrats because of his ardent advocacy of impeachment. But it seems his equally ardent advocacy on behalf of the financial interests of the film industry counts for more with at least some movie moguls. According to The Washington Post's Juliet Eilperin, the Motion Picture Association of America's President Jack Valenti sponsored a fundraising dinner in late March at the Hay-Adams Hotel attended by biggies from Disney, Universal...