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Dirk du Soleil
Interior nominee Kempthorne backs away from plan to sell U.S. forests |
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05 May 2006 |
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| Dirk du Soleil Interior nominee Kempthorne backs away from plan to sell U.S. forests Senate confirmation hearings began yesterday for Interior Secretary nominee Dirk Kempthorne, and oh, the fun that was had. One hot topic was the Bush administration's proposal to fund rural schools by selling thousands of acres of public land; the Dirkster, who supported sale of public lands when he ... |
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| Topics: Department of Interior, mining and drilling, news, politics, wilderness (all these topics) |
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