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LetemEatCake Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:5,667 Points:1,229,075 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Jan 18, 2013 4:25:06 PM Ignore LetemEatCake Report Abuse The Department of the Interior is huge — more than 70,000 employees manage a half-billion acres of public land, mostly in the West. The department does everything from operate national parks to administer Native American social programs and manage wild horses. But Ken Salazar's four-year tenure as interior secretary has been dominated by his department's role in the oil business. Salazar announced Wednesday that he will leave his Cabinet post in March, adding to President Obama's second-term Cabinet turnover. In addition to its many other roles, the Interior Department oversees oil and natural gas drilling leases on public land and offshore. And after BP's 2010 drilling rig accident and spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Salazar said this on CNN: Visit NPR for full article

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The Department of the Interior is huge — more than 70,000 employees manage a half-billion acres of public land, mostly in the West. The department does everything from operate national parks to administer Native American social programs and manage wild horses.

But Ken Salazar's four-year tenure as interior secretary has been dominated by his department's role in the oil business. Salazar announced Wednesday that he will leave his Cabinet post in March, adding to President Obama's second-term Cabinet turnover.

In addition to its many other roles, the Interior Department oversees oil and natural gas drilling leases on public land and offshore. And after BP's 2010 drilling rig accident and spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Salazar said this on CNN:

Visit NPR for full article

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KAR120CSII Champion Author Oregon Posts:3,282 Points:641,755 Joined:Apr 2010	Message Posted: Jan 23, 2013 12:18:02 AM Ignore KAR120CSII Report Abuse He was good for Colorado as AG and he was good for the US. Bye, bye oilfreak -- off into the ether zone -- enuff of the political -- the 'ignore button' pleez --
drpepperTX Champion Author Texas Posts:9,159 Points:778,875 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Jan 20, 2013 12:37:47 PM Ignore drpepperTX Report Abuse I still get a chuckle out of the fact that Salazar along with Obammy voted for the 2005 Energy Act that the anti-fracturing crowd so hate!
oilfreak All-Star Author Houston Posts:707 Points:38,185 Joined:Oct 2012	Message Posted: Jan 20, 2013 12:12:20 AM Ignore oilfreak Report Abuse Ken Salazar, another puppet of obozo.
LetemEatCake Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:5,667 Points:1,229,075 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Jan 19, 2013 11:07:44 PM Ignore LetemEatCake Report Abuse Thanks everyone for your excellent comments!
DanMtz Champion Author Oakland Posts:3,491 Points:1,270,050 Joined:Oct 2009	Message Posted: Jan 19, 2013 9:47:04 AM Ignore DanMtz Report Abuse Bring back James Watt?
MadFueler Champion Author Winston-Salem Posts:1,079 Points:199,235 Joined:Sep 2012	Message Posted: Jan 19, 2013 1:57:34 AM Ignore MadFueler Report Abuse I guess if you can"t get everybody to like you, then make sure one side's not any more ticked off at you than the other.
oilfreak All-Star Author Houston Posts:707 Points:38,185 Joined:Oct 2012	Message Posted: Jan 18, 2013 10:08:21 PM Ignore oilfreak Report Abuse I never liked Ken Salazar to start with.
dodsworth All-Star Author Salem Posts:916 Points:322,655 Joined:Jul 2012	Message Posted: Jan 18, 2013 9:57:08 PM Ignore dodsworth Report Abuse An exhausting job. We need an energetic, level-headed champion to look out for us and our offspring in this area.
ktbaeohana Champion Author Las Vegas Posts:2,412 Points:442,125 Joined:Mar 2010	Message Posted: Jan 18, 2013 6:24:16 PM Ignore ktbaeohana Report Abuse watch and see.
humblepie Champion Author Toledo Posts:35,301 Points:2,398,095 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: Jan 18, 2013 6:10:21 PM Ignore humblepie Report Abuse this along with the epa and doe's demise would greatly reduce government spending and cut the defecit greatly
KAR120CSII Champion Author Oregon Posts:3,282 Points:641,755 Joined:Apr 2010	Message Posted: Jan 18, 2013 6:02:49 PM Ignore KAR120CSII Report Abuse What 'isle'?
fedupMN Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:3,090 Points:598,980 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Jan 18, 2013 5:53:32 PM Ignore fedupMN Report Abuse I suspect he will do very well for himself once he leaves office just and the one before them did from both sides of the isle.
djwhit Champion Author Ohio Posts:3,147 Points:1,235,180 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: Jan 18, 2013 5:44:23 PM Ignore djwhit Report Abuse WHAT BULL............
Lugi1967 Champion Author Ohio Posts:4,916 Points:1,028,685 Joined:Jun 2010	Message Posted: Jan 18, 2013 5:33:48 PM Ignore Lugi1967 Report Abuse Hardly a legacy
doggod Champion Author Anchorage Posts:2,983 Points:768,085 Joined:May 2009	Message Posted: Jan 18, 2013 5:23:48 PM Ignore doggod Report Abuse Now there's a department just ripe for downsizing ... in lieu of increasing the national debt. They own most of Alaska, why not sell it to people who would be happy to manage their own lands without costing the Feds a penny.
mike56MI Champion Author Michigan Posts:1,356 Points:335,065 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: Jan 18, 2013 5:23:34 PM Ignore mike56MI Report Abuse OK
Zeke33 Champion Author New Hampshire Posts:5,659 Points:1,635,120 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Jan 18, 2013 5:22:21 PM Ignore Zeke33 Report Abuse KeEn Salazar, just another Political Hack.
evowner Champion Author Salem Posts:2,318 Points:385,985 Joined:May 2012	Message Posted: Jan 18, 2013 4:31:32 PM Ignore evowner Report Abuse Treating big oil as an adversary is the only way. If you show any mercy, we have another spill to clean up.
danandmary Champion Author California Posts:4,331 Points:994,450 Joined:Jun 2010	Message Posted: Jan 18, 2013 4:29:02 PM Ignore danandmary Report Abuse What about gas?