Clay Johnson, director of presidential personnel, reported holding a stake in El Paso Energy Partners valued at $100,000 to $250,000.

Those present included President Bush; his former national security adviser, Brent Scowcroft; and his former director of presidential personnel, Chase Untermeyer.

His mother is the deputy associate director of presidential personnel at the White House.

Mr. Bennett, a 1964 West Point graduate, served in President Gerald Ford's administration as director of presidential personnel.

He was a staff assistant in the White House office of presidential personnel from 1997 to 1999, processing appointments.

He is one of several people who have been summoned to Washington for an interview with Edward Moy, an associate director for presidential personnel, administration officials said.

The current cumbersome process of clearing and confirming presidential personnel disrupts the functioning of the executive branch to a shocking degree.

Mrs. Wood, 36, is a special assistant to President Bush for presidential personnel.

Mr. Card named no names, and he cast any coming change as part of the normal ebb and flow of presidential personnel.

Her mother, who was the deputy associate director of presidential personnel at the White House from 1999 to 2001, now teaches at Gan Hayeled, a nursery school in Washington.