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NATION, Page 29American NotesTHE ADMINISTRATIONAt Last, a Full Cabinet-to-Be
George Bush seems to have found the position of Secretary of
Energy the hardest to fill in the entire top rank of his
Administration. Not until last week did he announce the last of his
14 Cabinet appointments, but then his choice drew much praise. His
selection: retired Admiral James Watkins, 60, an expert on nuclear
power, former Chief of Naval Operations and once a long-shot
prospect to become father-in-law of Britain's Prince Charles
(Watkins' daughter Laura Jo had a romance with the Prince before
marrying an American actor). Watkins' last Government job was as
head of Ronald Reagan's AIDS commission; he showed a gift for
drawing agreement from people with very diverse views by coaxing
a surprisingly compassionate report out of a sometimes quarrelsome
group. Watkins' flexibility will be sorely tested in his new job.
His biggest task will be to develop a strategy for resuming
nuclear-weapons-fuel production and simultaneously cleaning up the
fearsome pollution caused by now closed weapons plants -- so far
without access to anything like the tens of billions of dollars in
funding that will eventually be required.