Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Obama withdraws nomination for top Interior official
President Obama Monday formally withdrew the nomination of Tommy Beaudreau to be the assistant secretary of the interior, since Beaudreau has taken another position at the Interior Department.
Obama had sent Beaudreau’s nomination to the Senate for confirmation in January after announcing it in October. He would have replaced Rhea Suh, who was nominated to be Interior’s assistant secretary for fish, wildlife and parks.
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced in March that Beaudreau would instead become her chief of staff. Obama’s Monday announcement formalizes the administration’s decision...more
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