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MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2002

Senator Barbara Boxer (D-California) wants the Department of Interior's inspector general to investigate Secretary Gale Norton's reversal on a mine development in California.

Boxer suggested top officials, including Deputy Secretary J. Steven Griles, are too closely linked to the mining industry. She said this may have influenced the decision to allow Glamis Gold Ltd. to move forward on a mine near a site sacred to the Quechan Nation.

The Clinton administration had denied a permit but Norton vacated the decision.

Get the Story:
Boxer Calls For Probe of Mine Permit (The Washington Post 10/5)

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