It took two wearying months for Wyoming's conservative-minded ex-Governor Stanley K. Hathaway, 51, to get through the grilling from U.S. Senators on his nomination to be Secretary of the Interior. They demanded to know his views on strip mining, oil shale and myriad other environmental issues. As he absorbed the punishment, Hathaway often drummed his fingers on the table.
That was only the beginning of his ordeal. Immediately after his confirmation last month he plunged—with no vacation—into the demanding job of administering 540 million acres of federal land (an area about five times the size of California). He worked at...
To continue reading:
or
Log-In
