Word: interior
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Jaruzelski's trip notwithstanding, there was no shortage of drama at the trial. General Zenon Platek, 58, the suspended official of the Interior Ministry assigned to monitor church activities, made the surprising claim that the ministry was aware of a plot to assassinate Pope John Paul II during his 1983 visit to Poland and that several people with explosives were arrested. A Vatican spokesman said last week that he was not aware of such a plot, as did Warsaw's official spokesman, Jerzy Urban. Platek also claimed that just before Popieluszko's murder, the priest was to be dispatched...
...ministry car had been spotted in the city of Bydgoszcz the night of the priest's death. Platek also insisted that the date on a travel permit that Piotrowski had used the night Popieluszko was killed had been altered before it was turned over as evidence in the Interior Ministry's investigation of the crime...
...appearance of upheaval is more than a little misleading; there is a strong element of continuity amid the changes. It is true that a few of the President's oldest and closest associates, most notably Interior Secretary William Clark and Attorney General William French Smith, are leaving Washington entirely. But for the most part, the core of Administration movers and shakers remains intact. Some will be learning new jobs, adding a touch of unpredictability to the Administration's actions; a few others are unsure what role they will play for how long. Nonetheless, the list of the most influential members...
...Congressman Ray Kogovsek estimated it would cost $500,000 to win a fourth , term. He will now divide his time between Colorado and Washington consulting firms, and has been hired by two Colorado water districts to lobby for a project he had endorsed as a member of the House Interior Committee. Says Washington Career Lobbyist Thomas H. Boggs Jr.: "They see people making a lot more money than they do, and they see lobbying as an opportunity. They weigh that against ten to 15 more years in politics." Ex-Congressmen who do not go home are a Washington tradition. Former...
...Another question raised by the latest round of changes was whether Hodel's return to Interior would revive the tensions between the Administration and environmentalists that Clark had done so much to ease. As an aide to Watt, Hodel had been an ardent champion of more oil and coal exploration and other commercial development of federal lands. While an official of a federal power authority in the Pacific Northwest, he denounced the environmental movement as having "fallen into the hands of a small, arrogant faction dedicated to bringing our society to a halt." Although he patiently listened to conservationists make...