Lawmakers crack down on temporary government watchdogs

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GOP leaders in the House urged President Obama Monday to fill an inspector general seat that has been empty for years.

The temporary watchdog at the Department of the Interior, who has served since February 2009, has become the subject of a congressional investigation that found evidence of cover-ups and conflicts of interest in the inspector general’s office.

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