Each camper is also assigned a special counselor at the beginning of each session who serves as that campers "big sibling."

We've had to arrange to have special counselors standing by.

Because demand is high, he says, "there is really no incentive to spend a lot of the money to serve these students with special counselors and trained teachers."

Some places offer extensive children's programs with special counselors, facilities and activities for children of different ages.

Those who test positive are informed by special counselors that "we have drugs today that really slow down the process - people are buying time."

David Gergen, the president's special counselor, conceded that "there's a lot here subject to interpretation."

A lawyer for Jean-Christophe Mitterrand, 54, who was his father's special counselor for Africa, called the decision "purely political."

Later in life, he served as a special counselor for Flint, Michigan high schools.

That's why I appointed Ambassador David Abshire as my special counselor to help get out the thousands of documents to the various investigations.

He portrays the "special counselor" as an emotionally erratic, possessive figure, fawningly obsessed with his boss's comings and goings.