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...totally incongruous event, a welcoming address to 200 women leaders of Christian evangelical groups visiting Washington. After the usual innocuous pleasantries, the President told the churchwomen that he had reviewed the qualifications of "more than two dozen fine potential nominees" to succeed James G. Watt as Secretary of the Interior and settled on a man whose name was not on that list: National Security Adviser William Clark...
...reason for the shock: the National Security Adviser's job is potentially one of the most powerful in the nation and indeed the world. The Interior Secretary's task of managing the Federal Government's vast landholdings, for all the explosive controversy that Watt brought to it, has considerably less than globe-girdling impact; it is of interest primarily to the Western states...
...time has come," said Senator Paul Laxalt. His close friend the President was just about to make his surprise announcement of a new Interior Secretary, but Laxalt had other important political business to discuss in the Oval Office last Thursday afternoon. "I'd like authorization in writing to go ahead and form the committee for your re-election," said the Nevada Republican. The senior presidential aides in the room-James Baker, Michael Deaver, Edward Rollins-waited for the answer. They all knew that although the President seemed ready to run for another term, he did not want to make...
Anyone looking for clues to Clark's personal inclinations on land use and environmental issues last week was forced to examine such inconclusive evidence. Those who applauded his nomination as Secretary of the Interior stressed that Clark grew up on his parents' ranch in Ventura County and helped run cattle there. For Idaho Republican Senator James McClure, chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, which will hold confirmation hearings next month on Clark's appointment, it was enough to know that "Bill Clark has a natural affinity for the job, coming from the West and having...
...deplorable that Idaho Senator James McClure, the chairman of the committee which has jurisdiction over the Interior Department, anticipates no difficulty in confirming the Secretary, in spite of Clark's record and his profound inexperience. The Senate almost never exercises its veto power over appointments, but Clark's nomination is the perfect opportunity. The committee should take Percy's words to heart, even more specifically than they were meant, and never again accept Clark while turning a blind eye to his ignorance...