Biden Secretary Of Interior. President-elect Joe Biden has picked Rep. Natural resources and tribal lands.
If confirmed by the Senate she would also be the first Native American Cabinet secretary and would oversee the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Here was a Native. Deb Haaland was announced in December as Bidens choice to fill the position that oversees US.
Deb Haaland D-NM is the front-runner to be President-elect Joe Bidens nominee for interior secretary a source familiar with the selection process tells HuffPost.
The secretary and the Department of the Interior are responsible for the management and conservation of most federal land and natural resources leading such agencies as the Bureau of Land Management the United States Geological Survey Bureau of Indian Affairs and the National Park Service. Department of the Interior where she will be running an agency with a long history of attacks against Native American lands culture and. Representative Deb Haaland is President-elect Joe Bidens preferred candidate to lead the Interior Department though a final decision has been delayed as. She has a record of being radical on issues related to climate and energy policy.