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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to Resign

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will step down in March, Obama administration officials said. Salazar has run the Interior Department throughout President Barack Obama's first term.

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  1. Plan guides protection of tribal sacred sites

    Four federal agencies and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation have come up with a plan for improving the protection of sites held sacred by American Indian...

  2. Republicans urge Obama to end 'road show,' work with Senate to avert automatic cuts

    House Republican leaders on Monday urged President Obama to "stop campaigning" and hunker down with Congress to find an alternative to the bludgeon of spending cuts ...

  3. Salazar announces more drilling reforms; Homeland Security, BP to testify on oil spill

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is announcing more reforms that he says will improve environmental protections for oil and gas leasing on public lands. Salazar portrayed the ref...

  4. Salazar: Gov't failed to hold oil industry accountable, promises more resources for agency

    Interior Secretary Ken Salazar concedes the government failed to hold the oil industry accountable and ensure safety in offshore oil drilling.

  5. Vitter cleared by Senate for blocking Salazar pay increase

    A Senate panel has cleared GOP Sen. David Vitter for blocking a pay increase for Interior Secretary Ken Salazar until he approves more offshore drilling permits.Sala...

  6. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis Part 1

    Hilda Solis says she's open to all possibilities and does not rule out position as Mayor of Los Angeles or Governor of California.

  7. Hits & Misses: 1/5/13

    A 'miss' to Gov. Chris Christie for ripping into the Republican Congress

  8. Coal sales investigated by feds; no violations yet

    The U.S. Department of Interior is investigating whether mining companies are skirting royalty rules as they increase exports of coal to Asia, but no violations have...

  9. Obama nominates REI executive for next Interior Department secretary

    President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated outdoor business executive Sally Jewell to lead the Interior Department.The Interior Department manages more than 500 m...

  10. Energy Secretary Steven Chu to step down

    Energy Secretary Steven Chu will be leaving his post, the White House confirmed Friday, exiting the administration at the start of President Obama's second term afte...

  11. Obama, Biden being sworn in for second term

    On the cusp of his second term, President Barack Obama solemnly honored the nation's fallen soldiers Sunday before taking the oath of office in an intimate White Hou...

  12. Obama sworn in to second term at private ceremony

    President Obama was sworn in Sunday to a second term, during a subdued and private White House ceremony that precedes the pomp of Monday's public inauguration. The p...

  1. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to resign

    Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will step down from his position in President Obama's Cabinet to spend time with his family on his ranch in Colorado, Fox News confirm...

  2. Obama administration gives wind farms a pass on eagle deaths, prosecutes oil companies

    The Obama administration has never fined or prosecuted a wind farm for killing eagles and other protected bird species, shielding the industry from liability and hel...

  3. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says new drilling moratorium could have flexibility

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A new order imposing a moratorium on deepwater drilling could be refined to reflect offshore conditions, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Wednes...

  4. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says effort to stop Gulf oil leak hits snag, but work continues

    HAMMOND, La. (AP) — At first, BP tried to stop the oil rushing into the Gulf of Mexico by flipping a blowout preventer switch. A week ago, they attempted to capture ...

  5. Could gas rise to $9 per gallon?

    Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says 'no one knows' if US gas could reach $9/gal and that skyrocketing prices are out of officials' control ... but is that really true?

  6. Senate panel endorses Jewell for Interior chief

    The Senate Energy Committee has voted to move President Obama's nomination of Sally Jewell to be Interior secretary to the Senate floor.The committee's 19-3 vote cam...

  7. Tribes plan for worst with looming budget cuts

    When it comes to the automatic spending cuts that began taking effect this month, federal lawmakers spared programs that serve the nation's most vulnerable -- such a...

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