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Indeed, the problem was not too much diversity, but too little: Clinton didn't work for ideological and political diversity as well as racial. The president didn't include a single Perot supporter among his Cabinet appointees. Most were old-line liberals, and only a few (Bruce Babbitt at Interior, Richard R. Riley at Education, Robert B. Reich at Labor, and possibly Les Aspin and Lloyd Bentsen at Defense and Treasury) could be considered New Democrats, who appeal more to Perot supporters...
...Babbitt has declared his agency the "Department of the Environment," but he has tried to reassure anxious Western miners, ranchers and loggers that he will not pursue radical policies. Few are better suited to carry that message. Babbitt is the face of the New West, a former Arizona attorney general and Governor who comes from a cattle-ranching family and holds a master's degree in geophysics and a Harvard law degree. He preaches change through consensus. "I don't regard this as a great adversarial crusade," says Babbitt. "I think these issues are going to be worked out with...
...Babbitt often looks to history for inspiration. During the early days of World War II, he recalls, the generals came to Harold Ickes, saying it was necessary to sacrifice the Sitka spruces in Olympic National Park to make airplanes. "You're not going to invade this park until we have exhausted every other alternative," said Ickes. A month later, Ickes returned to the generals and told them Canada could supply the spruces -- but by then the generals' interest had turned from wood to metal for airplanes. Says Babbitt: "I take that story as a metaphor...
...Bruce Babbitt brings a green thumb to 500 million acres...
What ranchers say about Babbitt's plan...