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Cobell, Abramoff and more await Kempthorne
Thursday, June 1, 2006
The Cobell trust fund lawsuit, the Jack Abramoff scandal and a myriad of environmental and other issues await new Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne.
On his first day on the job, Kempthorne met with the National Congress of American Indians, held a teleconference call with environmental groups, met with ethics officials and visited the National Mall and the Washington Monument. He said President Bush told him to use the Interior Department as a bridge for its stakeholders, whose interests are often in conflict.
Kempthorne only has 30 months to make a difference. "I'm coming in in the seventh inning. I'm the relief pitcher," he told The Washington Post.
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