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Stephanopoulos was joined by Secretary of the Interior Bruce E. Babbitt, who pledged support for AmeriCorps and described how his own work in 1965 as a civil rights worker in Selma, Ala, changed his life...
...week search for someone to replace Byron White, which left the road to the high bench littered with bruised rejects, White House officials took pains to deny that their focus had narrowed to Mitchell. But few other names on the Administration's short list seemed likely. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt was quick to say he didn't want the job. Federal appeals court Judge Richard Arnold has the post-Whitewater disadvantage of being a Friend of Bill's from Arkansas. The most serious second contender is Jose Cabranes, a Puerto Rican- born federal district judge in Connecticut who would...
...done in recent months to slow the tiger trade. Since cites has no enforcement powers of its own, only individual member nations can make the decision to impose trade sanctions. A key player to watch is the U.S., largely because of the strong stand taken by Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt. An ardent environmentalist, he attended the Brussels meeting in September and played a major role in the effort to put pressure on China and Taiwan...
...particular, Babbitt announced a determination by the Clinton Administration that these countries were in violation of the so-called Pelly amendment, a once obscure section of the U.S. Fishermen's Protective Act that has the potential to become the world's most powerful piece of environmental legislation. It authorizes the use of trade sanctions against nations whose actions hurt endangered species. Just the threat of Pelly penalties a few years ago caused Japan to reduce the use of drift nets by its fishing boats and prompted Korea to join CITES...
This time the Clinton Administration in effect told China and Taiwan to clean up their act or face sanctions, and a March deadline was set. On the eve of the Geneva sessions, Babbitt remained firm. "All the CITES members will be taking signals from this meeting," said the Interior Secretary. "There may not be another chance to save the tiger...