Show ' In briof The Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday March 5 2002 — AS r®j®©te Historian Doris Goodwin withdraws from judging Pulitzer Prizes — plea to tesftSffy WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland security chief Tom Ridge is turning down a bipartisan request from a Senate committee that he testify his spokeswoman said Monday the latest White House-Cogress difference over the war on terror The two top members of the Senate Appropriations Committee — Chairman Robert and senior Byrd Republican Sen Ted Stevens of Alaska — wrote to Ridge on Monday asking that he appear before their panel Ridge coordinates the government’s effort at home though the programs themselves are carried out by dozens of other agencies Appropriations controls much federal spending including the $38 billion — double this year’s total — that President Bush has proposed for next year’s domestic security pro-- NEW YORK (AP) Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin who admitted recently copying passages from other works in me of her books has withdrawn from judging die Pulitzer Prizes next month Pulitzer board administrator Seymour Topping said Monday that Goodwin “decided not to participate” when the board meets April 4 and 5 to choose the 21 prizes for arts and journalism work done last year In a March 3 letter to board chairman John Carroll die historian said "because I am so distracted by the media focus on my work I do not feel capable of giving the considerable time needed to make die proper judgments M The Pulitzers journalism’s highest honor are awarded by Columbia University on the recommendation of the 1 board which considers nominations from Pulitzer juries Tbpping said it was die first time any board member had withdrawn under such circumstances and no replacement will be named Carroll editor of the Los Angeles Tunes said the board would “do whatever was necessary to maintain the highest standard of integrity for the Pulitzer Prize process" Goodwin's withdrawal he said would “allow this year’s judging to proceed without distraction It would also give the board time to weigh the issues apd determine what action if any should be taken" best-selli- ng n- D-W- : anti-terrori- grams “Your views and insights on the policies necessary to meet these objectives are critical to' the committee and the nation" the senators wrote Ridge spokeswoman Susan ' Neely said he would not testi- fy because he is an adviser to the president not a Senate-confirmhead of an agency that implements policy “ Assistants to the president work for the president” Neely said “And the president has spoken his recommendations to the Senate and House" in the budget he sent Congress last month she said: Neely said Ridge has repeatedly met privately with lawmakers to discuss domestic security including recent separate sessions with GOP and Democratic senators Last week Senate Majority D Leader Tom Daschle and other Democrats asked questions about Bush adminis- tration plans for continuing the conflict in Afghanistan That prompted some Republicans to accuse Democrats of politicizing the war while Democrats said they merely wanted ' Fake firefighter sentenced in aid scam NEW YORK (AP) — A man who posed as a visiting fire-fighter after Sept 11 was sentenced Monday to one to three years in prison for theft and planning fraud Jerome Brandi 34 pleaded guilty to attempted criminal possession of stolen property and scheming to defraud He had no comment in court Brandi posed as a volunteer firefighter from Milwaukee and was hostel by a firehouse for a week in late September during the rescue effort surrounding the World Trade Center collapse He traveled to ground zero with real firefighters took in donations from community members was given free admission to a New York Mets baseball game and stole a Fire Department parking plaque prosecutors said Brandi was accused of stealing cash and a video camera from a New York woman who took him in for a few days He frees similar scam charges in Wisconsin and Tennessee ‘ Bush girds for stiff steel tariffs WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush’s prescription for the ailing steel industry is likely to irritate American allies and raise prices for consumers while still not giving US steelmakers the help they say they need In a complicated set of recommendations sent to Bush on Monday advisers sought to provide trade protections to the US industry while minimizing backlash from foreign leaders defending their own marltes and American companies that rely on cheap steel Bush is expected to embrace the recommendations as early as Tuesday seeking die middle ground on a contentious issue that could sway congressional races in November in 2004 and even affect Bush’s prospects for “The prejtident understand how many sides there are on this Even as the press secretary spoke America s trading partners warned Bush against restrictions “The British government has made clear to the highest levels of die US administration the dangers involved in introducing restrictions on 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