President-elect Donald Trump has selected his onetime rival in the presidential campaign, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, to lead the Department of the Interior, a crucial position for his plan to change American energy policy.
“Hi Doug,” Trump said from the stage at Mar-a-Lago on the evening of Nov. 14, after telling the crowd the official announcement will be made Friday.
“This is a pretty big announcement right now,” the president-elect said.
“We’re going to do things with energy and with land, interior, that is going to be incredible,” he said.
The Department of the Interior, created in 1849, “protects and manages the Nation’s natural resources and cultural heritage; provides scientific and other information about those resources; and honors its trust responsibilities or special commitments to American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and affiliated Island Communities.” […]
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