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DATE: SUNDAY, March 3, 1991                   TAG: 9103030018
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

SUNUNU: POWELL NO CANDIDATE

Gen. Colin Powell is likely to serve a second stint as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - and won't bump Dan Quayle off the GOP presidential ticket in 1992, a top White House official said Saturday.

White House chief of staff John Sununu firmly rejected suggestions Powell might replace Quayle as Bush's running mate.

"A Bush-Quayle ticket is a lock-solid ticket in 1992," Sununu said on CNN's "Evans & Novak" program.

"General Powell has indicated to a number of us he'd like to be considered for another stint as chairman of the Joint Chiefs. I think that's the right package," Sununu said.

Asked whether Powell would be reappointed, Sununu said that "discussion hasn't taken place, but I can't imagine that that would not happen."

Powell, 53, became chairman of the Joint Chiefs in October 1989. The term runs for two years with two renewal options. He cannot serve more than six years.

Bush was asked Friday whether Powell or allied commander Norman Schwarzkopf were due for a promotion because of the swift allied victory.

"I don't know what they want to do but they're big enough to do anything they want to do," he said.

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