Nation IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D.C. : FEMA Made Part of Clinton Cabinet
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In a symbolic gesture, President Clinton made the Federal Emergency Management Agency part of his Cabinet. He attributed the move to an unusually high number of disasters in recent years. FEMA Director James Lee Witt will not receive an increase in salary or assume a different title, said White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry. By law, there are 14 members of the Cabinet. Witt joins 10 officials to whom Clinton has extended similar Cabinet status.
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