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Clinton was still able to preside Friday morning at a mass swearing-in ceremony for the other 13 members of his Cabinet, plus three more top aides. Even those who had faced tough questioning in confirmation hearings -- Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt -- were confirmed with barely a murmur of opposition. A still closer presidential assistant also is moving into new quarters. Hillary Clinton became the first First Lady to line up an office in the executive West Wing of the White House; her husband's aides said she would be an important adviser...
Take the case of America's Western forests. During his confirmation hearings, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, the former Arizona Governor, had to run a gauntlet of Western Senators who left the impression that the government has unreasonably locked up vast tracts of forest. All it takes, however, is a flight over the tattered quilt of arbitrary-looking patches that remain of the Pacific Northwest's forests to refute bland assurances of responsible stewardship...
...tapped his portable phone. The same week Carmine Alfieri, the leader of the Camorra, the Naples crime syndicate that competes and cooperates with the Sicilian Mafia, was taken into custody. Even Riina's 84-year-old uncle was picked up in the search for the top don. Nonetheless, said Interior Minister Nicola Mancino, "the fight is a long way from being finished...
Clinton sometimes leaves the impression that no sale is ever final. A week before Clinton named Bruce Babbitt to be Interior Secretary, the Arizona Democrat was told by Clinton aides to prepare to become U.S. Trade Representative. Babbitt spent a week boning up on the subject, and flew to Little Rock on the eve of the announcement thinking he was joining the economic team. Later that night, he was told to switch gears. Cracked a Babbitt admirer: "He's the best-prepared Trade Representative that Interior has ever...
Asian-American organization sent the transition team hundreds of names, but not one Asian-American was seriously considered for a position. There were rumors that Rep. Patsy Mink (D-Hawaii) might be the next secretary of the interior, but she said she wasn't even interviewed...