Muckraker: Who will replace Norton at Interior?

Wednesday, 15 Mar 2006

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Beyond the Gale
Who'll succeed Gale Norton as head of the Interior Department?

Interior Secretary Gale Norton did her best to shift the department in a new direction: namely, toward more drilling, mining, and logging. Now she's on her way out, and greens are bracing themselves to see who Bush will nominate next to oversee approximately one-fifth of all land in the U.S. Muckraker surveys the landscape to find out who's on the shortlist.

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