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Outside magazine, August 2000	Page: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 \| 6 \| 7

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GORE'S GREEN CORPS	"The best environmental adviser to Gore is Gore," says Beth Viola, a former environmental adviser to Clinton. Yet the VP has kept an inner circle of confidantes. Some, such as Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, have had enough of the Beltway and probably won't stick around. Here's who's waiting in line.

ADVISER	BUSINESS CARD	CLOUT	CASTING CALL
Carol Browner	Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency	Won high marks from greens as the longest-serving EPA head in history. Gore's former legislative director.	Insiders say the deft administrator might make an ideal chief of staff for Gore.
Katie McGinty	Senior Policy Adviser, Troutman Sanders LLP (a law firm)	As former head of the President's Council on Environmental Quality, she devised a tree-friendly forest management plan for the Pacific Northwest. A key Gore environment pal.	The odds-on choice to replace Carol Browner as EPA chief.
Bill Richardson	Secretary of Energy	Clinton's go-to diplomat for international spot fires. Latest assignment: talking OPEC's prices down. Even better: He's one of Gore's Cabinet faves.	Gas prices and atomic scandals may scuttle VP Hopes. Plan B: Interior Sec'y.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.	Senior Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council	This devout Hudson riverkeeper cleaned up the Hudson and Long Island Sound through savvy lawsuits. Raised big cash for Gore from environmentalists. Great last name.	Could get the top enviro job in Justice or become National Parks Service director.
George T. Frampton	Acting Chairman, President's Council on Environmental Quality	Former Wilderness Society head. Helped direct cleanup after Exxon Valdez spill as assistant Interior secretary. Gore's private lawyer during Buddhist Temple campaign-finance flap.	Up for a plum spot in Justice or Interior.