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Charges against Norton pile up
In just nine months of her administration, Secretary
of Interior Gale Norton has drawn numerous criticisms
for her handling of the trust fund.
The latest being a request to place her in contempt -- or
jail, even -- for letting severe management, communication
and reform problems fester despite pledging
to make fixing the broken system a top priority. Coupled
with contempt charges is a move to take the trust
fund away from her and the rest of the government.
If a federal judge agress, it would be unprecedented, and of course
the Interior is against the idea of an outside receiver.
But it could be resisted from Indian Country,
who previously opposed taking away certain trust functions
from the government.
Get the Story:
Norton wanted
off trust fund (10/22)
Editorial:
Norton's 'shameful' acts (10/22)
Norton's secret
mountain hideaway (10/22)
Plaintiffs: Put
Norton in jail (10/22)
Replacement
found for Norton (10/23)
In The Hoop:
Bill Gates takes on trust fund (10/23)
Trust fund
conference scheduled (10/26)
Mistake or not, ANWR push continues
Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
is a dead issue to many, given Democratic objection
in the Senate. But that hasn't stopped Republicans
and Secretary of Interior Gale Norton from pushing
the idea.
This week, they again trotted out Inupiat Eskimos
to bolster their claims. Owning a $1 billion company
isn't enough, the Inupiat corporate representatives claimed,
and we need oil to survive. An Inupiat village itself
lashed out against an anti-drilling group closely
allied with the Gwich'in Nation, an Athabaskan
tribe that opposes development.
On the sidelines was the announcement of Sen. Frank
Murkowski (R-Alaska) to run for governor of Alaska.
Murkowski has been the chief architect of
plans to drill for oil and gas in the North Slope.
Get the Story:
Norton admits
ANWR 'mistake' (10/23)
Murkowski to
run for Alaska governor (10/23)
'Attack' on
Gwich'in decried (10/24)
Murkowski says
he has lost Senate power (10/24)
Inupiats: ANWR
oil needed to survive (10/26)
Norton says
ANWR mistake corrected (10/26)
ASRC
supporting anti-drilling complaint (10/26)
more stories
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