The Week in Review
ending July 7
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President Bush.
Philadelphia, Penn.
July 4, 2001.
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Senate confirms McCaleb to run BIA
Faster than you could say Cobell v. Norton and just
in time for the Fourth of July recess, the
Senate this week confirmed Neal McCaleb to run
the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
There were fears that his confirmation could be
held up due to partisan bickering in the newly
reorganized Senate. But McCaleb, now head of
one of the most scrutinized agencies in the
federal government, had to get to work sometime
and is now oversees more than 550 tribes and
nearly 2.5 million American Indians
and Alaska Natives.
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Senate confirms
McCaleb to head BIA (7/2)
Bush names new director of FBI
If there were a contest for the most troubled government
agency, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Federal
Bureau of Investigation might end up winners. Or losers,
depending on how you look at it.
Either way, the FBI is soon to have a new director, provided
the Senate can confirm him as quickly as Indian Affairs
Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb. After a quick search,
President Bush picked Robert S. Mueller III (pronounced
MULL-err, as the papers like to remind everyone) to replace
the departed Louis J. Freeh.
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Marine 'straight
shooter' tapped to head FBI (7/6)
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