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Bush confidant changing jobs Texan will try to streamline bureaucracy in post at OMB 01/14/2003 By G. ROBERT HILLMAN / The Dallas Morning News WASHINGTON – Clay Johnson, one of President Bush's oldest Texas friends and confidants, is changing jobs at the White House. In a series of moves announced Monday, Mr. Johnson is leaving his post as White House personnel director to be the deputy director of management at the Office of Management and Budget. He's replacing Mark Everson, who was named commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service. The new personnel director will be one of Mr. Johnson's...