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2020-12-17 | Biden Will Pick Deb Haaland to Lead Interior Department - The New York Times
'Haaland would be the first Native American to lead a cabinet-level agency. '
'She would oversee a sprawling department responsible for some 500 million acres of public lands, including national parks, oil and gas drilling sites and endangered species habitat. '
'Haaland would play a major role in implementing Mr. '
'WASHINGTON — In a historic decision, President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. has chosen Deb Haaland, a congressional representative from New Mexico and a Native American, to lead the Interior Department, an agency that for much of the nation’s history played a central role in the dislocation and abuse of Indigenous communities from coast to coast. '
' She would further be responsible for working to strengthen federal protections for vast swathes of territory that the Trump administration has opened up to drilling, mining, logging and construction. '
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