Word: interior
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Crimson's front tires, running back Mark Vignali, says the car's destination depends a lot on how the interior holds...
After James Watt took off last week on what his aides insisted was a "long-scheduled" vacation in California, Washington buzzed with this question: Would he ever return as Secretary of the Interior? The answer from Ronald Reagan's White House staff: Probably. But whether it would be for more than a few days was another matter...
...demanding Watt's ouster. Republican Senators met for their regular weekly lunch and concluded that they, too, wanted Watt out. It had been thought that dismissing Watt would anger Western conservatives, an important constituency for Reagan. But at the lunch, one Western Senator after another reported that the Interior Secretary had lost his popularity among their constituents, and that appeared to decide the matter. Said one Republican later: "He's gone...
...thinking on the record. Gorton called Watt "a failure on his own terms, a destructively divisive force in American society, an albatross around the neck of his own President." The message got through to Watt. After the Republican lunch, Alan Simpson of Wyoming, a close friend of the Interior Secretary's, discussed with Watt what the Senators had said. Simpson quoted Watt as asserting, "I can't believe the viciousness of their remarks...
Watt said nothing, but Reagan's aides believe he will resign rather than face Senate condemnation, and they would like to delay the vote in order to permit additional time for a more graceful exit. Watt is said to have given his top aides at Interior the green light to look for new jobs. Indeed, presidential aides are already speculating about a new job for Watt on Reagan's re-election committee...