National Parks Under Budget Pressure
National Parks have become the latest budget battleground between Congress and the White House. The Clinton Administration claims Republicans’ proposed cuts to the National Park Service would decimate a valuable recreational resource. Fiscally conservative Republicans say that only the most important and most popular parks deserve tax dollars. William Drummond reports on the debate.
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