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MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 2002

In an editorial today, The Washington Post criticizes Secretary of Interior Gale Norton for not submitting comments her agency drafted in response to a major environmental plan.

Norton and her aides blamed the slip-up on Congress' failure to confirm her political appointees. "That's not a good enough excuse," the paper writes.

"Congress should not delay qualified appointees, but in the meantime it's up to the folks who are there to find a way to get critical work done," the paper writes.

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