The Week in Review
ending January 20
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Our New President.
January 20, 2001.
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Missed our stories? All the headlines for the week can be found
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The Bush transition begins
It's official: George W. Bush is the 43rd President of
the United States, inaugurated amid protests, Ricky
Martin, and confirmation hearings of John Ashcroft
for Attorney General and Gale Norton for Secretary of
Interior.
Despite all the controversy, though, both Ashcroft
and Norton appear on a path to success. Of the two,
Ashcroft faced the most scrutiny, as Senators spent
the week grilling him on civil rights, abortion rights,
and other issues.
Norton's hearing turned out to be less exciting
than her critics might have hoped. But she was
able to clarify some of her past views and Democratic
members of the Senate Energy and Resources Committee
appeared impressed.
Get the Story:
Hearings
for Ashcroft, Norton this week (1/16)
Kennedy
opposes Ashcroft (1/16)
At
EPA, Whitman faces big job (1/16)
Big
issues await Ashcroft as Attorney General (1/17)
Ashcroft
begins Senate fight (1/17)
GOP
defends Norton (1/17)
Norton
hearing begins today (1/18)
Cantwell
questions Ashcroft (1/18)
Ashcroft
denies racial insensitivity (1/18)
Legal
colleagues support Norton (1/18)
COMMENTARY:
Norton hearing transcript (1/18)
Norton's
client tied to Goshute nuclear group (1/18)
Bush,
Norton protesters arrested (1/19)
Norton
foes head to DC (1/19)
Norton
promises tribal support (1/19)
Partisan
split evident at Norton hearing (1/19)
Problems await Norton at Interior
The battle over the mismanagement of Indian
trust funds continued this week as Department of Interior nominee
Gale Norton promised she would do what she could
to clean up the mess.
It looks like it will be a big task, too, according
to the General Accounting Office. In addition to
preventing record destruction and keeping reforms
on schedule, she faces budget shortfalls for
tribal contracts.
Get the Story:
Trust
documents reported destroyed (1/17)
Challenges,
risks cited at Interior (1/18)
Records
a continued source of problems in lawsuit (1/18)
more stories
There's still more to read in the recap
of the top stories.
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