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Results for keyword: Appointed Officials

  • 'They both do not exist'

    Quote by Wyoming Attorney General Patrick Crank

  • Just why did Gale Norton leave the interior department?

    The writer thinks he knows why Gale Norton quit

  • Why did Norton really leave Interior?

    If outgoing Interior Secretary Gale Norton didn’t receive a push out the door, she certainly deserved one after her involvement in the sleazy Jack Abramoff scandal

  • Interior's new secretary — general or footsoldier?

    Newly appointed Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne has a chance to use his deal-making abilities to bring change to the way Western public lands are managed

  • Washing our hands

    The writer tells of an unexpected encounter with Interior Secretary Gale Norton, and the conversation that ensued

  • Thank you, Gale Norton

    The writer thanks Gale Norton for inspiring Westerners to form a new kind of coalition

  • Seeing the legacy of Interior Secretary Gale Norton

    The writer confronts Interior Secretary Gale Norton at an unexpected place

  • Planting seeds for preservation

    In Cities in the Wilderness, former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt makes an eloquent argument for more enlightened federal land-use planning

  • Homeland Security gets to bypass environmental laws

    Homeland Security Chief Michael Chertoff is using the recently passed Real ID Act to bypass environmental, safety and labor laws in order to build a giant border fence south of San Diego

  • Bush's second-term shake-ups

    Some of the less-publicized political appointments of George W. Bush’s second term will have huge effects on the West. Meet the people who will direct the EPA and the departments of Energy, Agriculture and the Interior.

 

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