[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 35, Number 41 (Monday, October 18, 1999)]
[Page 2024]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Statement on the Conclusion of the Independent Counsel's Investigation 
of Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt

October 13, 1999

    I am very pleased by today's announcement concerning Interior 
Secretary Bruce Babbitt. As I said at the beginning of this inquiry, 
Bruce Babbitt is a man of the highest integrity, and I was convinced 
that he would be vindicated. Secretary Babbitt's record of superb 
stewardship of our Nation's lands speaks for itself, and I look forward 
to his continuing service to our country, its people, and its 
extraordinary God-given resources.