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Bush Cabinet Member in Criminal Inquiry

Interior secretary gave Shell big contracts, then took job with firm

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 17, 2009 6:40 AM CDT

(Newser) – The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into whether Gale Norton illegally used her power as secretary of the Interior to obtain three oil contracts for Royal Dutch Shell—which only months later hired her as a legal counsel. The 2006 decision to award... Read full story »

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