Friedman, Glauthier, and Groat Nominations: Hearing Before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, Second Session, on the Nominations of Gregory H. Friedman, to be Inspector General, Department of Energy; Theodore J. Glauthier, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy; and Charles G. Groat, to be Director, U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, September 17, 1998, Volume 4

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Page 131 - Crapo, for the conference of the parties to adopt a further instrument, such as a supplementary protocol, which would be an integral part of the Kyoto protocol and would enter into force at the same time as the protocol, so that's also an open matter.