Word: interior
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...Former Interior Secretary James Watt today pleaded not guilty to charges that he impeded an FBI investigation of a Reagan-era scandal concerning sweetheart deals at HUD by withholding documents. "I have been knocked down in an embarrassing and humiliating way," Watt told reporters. "but I'm not knocked...
...Ronald Reagan's most contentious Cabinet members, James Watt, was served with a 25-count perjury indictment by the independent counsel investigating corruption at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Watt, a former Interior Secretary, had served as a HUD consultant after leaving the Administration. He denied all charges, saying, "I am trusting God that justice can arise and will prevail...
Officials in Washington were flabbergasted--not that Paris had complained about the spying but that it had done so publicly. The U.S. accused the French Interior Ministry of deliberately leaking the story. The State Department called the action ``unwarranted'' and defiantly declared that the American officers who remained in Paris would not leave until their tours were up. ``This is not the way allies treat each other,'' said an angry U.S. official...
...Interior Minister Charles Pasqua summoned U.S. Ambassador Pamela Harriman to his office to protest the spying. At a second meeting Feb. 10, he demanded that the five CIA officers leave the country immediately. Working their contacts in the French intelligence services, senior CIA officials were assured that the matter would be dealt with behind closed doors. The two countries' spy agencies have had fierce battles over economic secrets, ``but when we fight wars together or life-and-death issues like terrorism, we work closely with the French,'' said a former CIA official...
...Clinton Administration made another strategic retreat today before the House GOP juggernaut, this time proposing to soften provisions of the Endangered Species Act. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt released a set of 10 guidelines that would "balance endangered species protection with economic development," including a proposal to forgo enforcement in single-home residential tracts, or on issues that affect areas smaller than five acres. The plan also requires more scientific study before declaring species in danger and gives states and local officials more discretion. The House passed a tougher bill Friday by a vote of 277-141 that would require federal...