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...first time, naming twelve new ministers out of 34. Surrendering some of the day-to-day duties of government, the President appointed as his new Prime Minister a veteran politician, Fuad Mohieddin, 55, who has been active in Egyptian public life for 20 years. Among the Cabinet members shifted: Interior Minister Nabawi Ismail, who was in charge of domestic security at the time Sadat was slain...
Secretary of the Interior James Watt may merit a C for attempting to implement the President's plans, but for those who love parks, rivers, seashores and nature, an F is far too high a mark...
...successfully hid rolls of film in their pants, sewed video cassettes into the lining of coats, and photographed notes for easier concealment. Mark Phillips, 33, a London-based correspondent for the Canadian Broadcasting Corp., smuggled out a videotape containing reports from CBC, CBS, NBC and BBC in the third interior compartment of a zipper bag. At one point, he said, an East German guard was "one zip away" from the tape when Phillips distracted...
When James Watt was signed on as Interior Secretary, he told the President exactly what policies he wanted to pursue. Federal lands must be opened for development of energy and mineral resources, said Watt, pledging to undo "50 years or so of bad Government." Said a delighted Reagan: "Sic 'em." And Watt did, promptly becoming the most ideologically controversial member of the Cabinet. As he puts it: "I was brought in to yell down a new chain of command on environmental issues. I yelled, and to my surprise, I was obeyed." He proposed offering for lease 1 billion...
Ideally, an Interior Secretary should try to balance the conflicting demands of development and conservation. Watt has yet to prove to critics that he cares very much about the latter. He far too often sounds as if he is still a litigator for the Mountain States Legal Foundation, which was founded by right-wing Brewer Joseph Coors and other businessmen to fight wilderness conservation efforts in the West. Last week, for example, Watt decreed that members of the National Park Service and top Interior Department aides should refrain from "wasting Government money by talking to national conservation leaders." He also...