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Photograph of President William J. Clinton Posing for an Official Portrait with Cabinet and Senior Advisers
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This item is a photograph of President William J. Clinton posing with the Cabinet and senior advisers for an official portrait on the North Lawn. Identifications are first row, left to right: Secretary of the Interior, Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of Defense, William Cohen, Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, President William J. Clinton, Secretary of the Treasury, Larry Summers, and Attorney General Janet Reno. Second row: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director, George Tenet, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Togo West, Secretary of Energy, Bill Richardson, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Andrew Cuomo, Secretary of Labor, Alexis Herman, Secretary of Agriculture, Dan Glickman, Chief of Staff, John Podesta, Secretary of Commerce, William Daley, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Donna Shalala, Secretary of Transportation, Rodney Slater, Secretary of Education, Richard Riley, and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, Carol Browner. Back row: Cabinet Secretary, Thurgood Marshall, Jr., Director of the Domestic Policy Council, Bruce Reed, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Director, James Lee Witt, U.S. Trade Representative, Charlene Barshefsky, Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) Chairman, Martin Baily, Office of Management and Budget Director, Jack Lew, Office of National Drug Control Policy Director, General Barry McCaffrey, Small Business Administrator, Aida Alvarez, National Economic Council (NEC) Director, Gene Sperling, and National Security Adviser, Sandy Berger. The image was photographed by Sharon Farmer.
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In the 1950s and through the 1960s public concern about the impact that human activity could have on the environment increased. President Nixon signed NEPA into law on January 1, 1970. NEPA required that a detailed statement of environmental impacts be prepared for all major federal actions significantly affecting the environment. Six months later, On July 9, 1970, Nixon proposed an executive reorganization that consolidated many environmental responsibilities of the federal government under one agency, a new Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA was created 90 days before it had to operate, and officially opened its doors on December 2, 1970. The burning Cuyahoga River in 1969 had led to a national outcry. A federal grand jury investigation of water pollution allegedly being caused by about 12 companies in northeastern Ohio began leading to a filing of a lawsuit against the Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation for discharging substantial quantities of cyanide into the Cuyahoga River near Cleveland. Congress enacted the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, known as the Clean Water Act. Since that, EPA's mission is to protect human health and the environment. Our priorities are Making a Visible Difference in Communities across the Country, Addressing Climate Change and Improving Air Quality, Taking Action on Toxics and Chemical Safety, Launching a New Era of State, Tribal and Local Partnerships, Embracing EPA as a High Performing Organization, and Working Toward a Sustainable Future.
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