Babbitt bucks critics, still in saddle. (Originated from Arizona Republic) From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: December 13, 1993| Author: Barker, Jeff | COPYRIGHT 1993 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

    WASHINGTON _ When the phone rings after midnight, Bruce Babbitt knows it's President Clinton at the other end. 
    ``He has a habit of calling late at night,'' says Babbitt, the secretary of the interior. 
    ``When the phone rings in my house after midnight, I sort of struggle to wake up, because the president is the only one who calls my house after midnight.'' 
    Babbitt's close relationship with Clinton is testimony to his stature in the Cabinet during a year in which he becam...