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- GRAPEVINE, Page 13Friends in High Places
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- By DAVID ELLIS/Reported by Sidney Urquhart
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- Does John Sununu aim to replace Energy Secretary James
- Watkins with an ideological soul mate? Watkins has pursued an
- independent policy of conservation and regulation that has
- irritated the White House chief of staff. If Watkins is forced
- to quit, which some insiders expect this summer, deputy
- assistant secretary Victor Stello is an early favorite for the
- Cabinet post. Stello, a longtime pal of Sununu's, shares his
- enthusiasm for relaxed regulation of nuclear power. The
- Administration nominated Stello for a job supervising the
- nation's nuclear-weapons programs last year but withdrew his
- name and installed him at a lower level after he was criticized
- during confirmation hearings for his past perform ance at the
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Witnesses accused Stello of
- deliberately delaying a probe into health and safety procedures
- at a New York State nuclear-power plant.
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