Bush Cabinet official target of corruption probe... Sep 19, 2009
Justice Dept. investigating former Interior Secretary Gale Norton's ties to oil company ... AP - FILE - In this March 20, 2006 file photo, then-Interior Secretary Gale Norton speaks at the Agriculture Department. (The Drudge Report)
We pay a high price for an empire Aug 25, 2009
With the collapse of the CCCP (pronounced: S-S-S-Rrrr), Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan became independent states, thus opening both countries to American influence - and a consortium: Bush senior of Carlyle Group, Bush junior of Harkin, Cheney of Halliburton, Rumsfeld of Occidental, Rice of Chevron-Texaco and Union Oil of California and Gale Norton of BP Amoco - are the principal organizers and beneficiaries of this war. As usual, America, the land of the sedated, has a hard time connecting the... (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Court battle looms over Canyon Ferry trust control Aug 23, 2009
In 2005, members of the two trust advisory boards complained to Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton that too much money was being spent on management, and not enough on on-the-ground projects. For example, a 2008 accounting showed that in a four-year period between 2004 and 2007, 2 million had been spent on projects and another 1 million went to the foundation and its investment adviser for trust management costs. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
MORE: Statue of Liberty gets her view back Jul 3, 2009
But then-Interior secretary Gale Norton called the statue "an attractive terrorist target" and said the crown would remain closed. The decision was denounced by Weiner, who said that as long as the crown was closed, the terrorists, in a way, had won. (USA Today -- Money)
Several Bush officials work in areas related to former jobs May 20, 2009
For instance, Gale Norton, who once oversaw 500 million acres of public land as Interior secretary, now is a lawyer in a Shell Oil division for oil exploration. It's not unusual for former executive branch officials to find employment related to their government work. (USA Today -- News)
Native trust lawsuit likely headed back to court Mar 26, 2009
Gingold criticized Salazar's lack of experience in land management, noting the failure of his other Colorado predecessors, James Watt and Gale Norton. Both saw their tenure as Interior secretary marked by controversy. (Missoulian, MT)
Federal offices change priority Feb 15, 2009
Under Bruce Babbitt -- who served as Interior secretary under President Bill Clinton -- as well as under Gale Norton and Dirk Kempthorne -- who held the post under President George W. Bush -- park management has been more a matter of personal priorities than unleashing wholesale change, Gediman said. Carl Faller, a longtime federal prosecutor now in private practice, thinks that a similarly light touch probably is in store for the Department of Justice. (Fresno Bee)
Newsweek: Can interior secretary win over critics? Feb 13, 2009
Do you regret supporting Interior Secretary Gale Norton, who led the department during many of those scandals. The truth is that I do. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Groups hopeful for grizzly reintroduction in Bitterroots Feb 10, 2009
In 2001, after years of environmental analysis and consensus building, the Fish and Wildlife Service shelved its plans to reintroduce grizzly bears to the Bitterroots under Interior Secretary Gale Norton. It had a double death from that secretary of Interior and Sen. (Missoulian, MT)
