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March 7, 2013 at 7:16 AM
Webcast: Senate committee weighs Sally Jewell’s nomination as Interior Secretary
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is holding a confirmation hearing to consider REI Chief Executive Sally Jewell’s nomination to become the next Interior Secretary.
President Obama nominated Jewell last month to succeed Ken Salazar, who said he will leave the administration at the end of March and return to Colorado.
Jewell, an avid mountain climber and skier who worked as a banker and a petroleum engineer, would be taking on a department with a dual mission of protecting public lands while tapping timber, coal, gas and other wealth from them.
Jewell’s nomination has drawn attention from interest groups, ranging from mountain bikers who want to lift the ban from their pursuits in national parks to east coast governors who want drilling permitted off the Atlantic Coast.
Comments | More in General news, Government, Politics | Topics: Department of the Interior, President Obama, REI
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