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Documents Reveal Energy Meetings Tue Mar 26,12:04 PM ET
By H. JOSEF HEBERT, Associated Press Writer
The White House firmly defended Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham (news - web sites ) on Tuesday as newly released documents showed he held at least eight private meetings with industry leaders ? but none with environmentalists ? while the administration crafted its energy plan.
"News flash: it's no surprise to anybody that the secretary of energy meets with energy-related groups," White House press secretary Ari Fleischer (news - web sites) said.
The meetings between Abraham and the energy industry executives were disclosed in thousands of papers made public Monday related to agency participation in Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites)'s energy task force in early 2001.
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Weapons Labs Offer Changes to End Boycott Tue Mar 26, 8:56 AM ET By JAMES GLANZ The New York Times
The nation's three premier weapons laboratories have offered to change their hiring and promotion practices in exchange for the ending of a boycott by two Asian-American academic organizations, federal officials and the leader of the boycott said yesterday.
Citing anger over the treatment of Dr. Wen Ho Lee (news - web sites ), a Los Alamos weapons scientist whom the government accused of spying, as well as longer standing claims of discrimination, the organizations in early 2000 urged Asian-American scientists to boycott the weapons laboratories by not applying for jobs there.
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