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TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2002

Office of Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge is refusing a bipartisan request to testify before a Senate committee because the White House says he is not a Cabinet official.

The chairman and ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Committee asked Ridge to testify next month on $38 billion requested for domestic security programs. But he will not appear, says the White House, because he is an adviser.

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Letter to Ridge Is Latest Jab in Fight Over Balance of Powers (The New York Times 3/5)
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