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The West's Griles virus: industry's man in interior. (Below the Beltway).(J. Steven Griles appointed to the Department of the Interior)
American Prospect, The, September, 2002 by Polakow-Suransky, Sasha
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"THIS HOPEFULLY WILL BE A breath of fresh air," exclaimed National Mining Association spokesman John Grasser, with no intended irony, after he learned that J. Steven Griles had been nominated as the Department of the Interior's deputy secretary. Griles, who epitomizes the revolving door between government and industry, has alternated between getting rich working for industry and serving at high-level government posts, where he has devised industry-friendly policies to open public lands to drilling and mining.
During the Reagan years, Griles presided over the gutting ...
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