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Being Gale Norton

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MARCH 13, 2001

Just who is Gale Norton? The question, and its answer, have plauged many a mind since the day President George W. Bush nominated her to head the Department of Interior in late December.

Fast forward two months, hours of Senate testimony and eventual confirmation, and hundreds of articles about her 20-year history as a public official and private lobbyist, and America still doesn't have a clear answer. The Washington Post takes a shot and profiles Norton today.

What do readers learn that was not already public knowledge?

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