 Echaveste managed President Clinton’s domestic policy initiatives on education, civil rights, immigration and bankruptcy reform.She also coordinated relief efforts within the White House for foreign and domestic disasters, and specialized in international issues related to Latin America including the Caribbean Basin Initiative, the Africa Growth Opportunity Act, and "Plan Colombia", a federal effort to assist Colombia in its anti-drug campaign.At the end of the Clinton administration, Echaveste was responsible for managing the White House preparations for the millennium celebrations and the 2000 presidential transition.