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Tx4obama

(36,974 posts) Wed Jan 16, 2013, 03:21 AM Jan 2013

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to leave cabinet position in March

Source: Denver Post

WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will step down from his cabinet position in the Obama administration and return to Colorado to spend time with his family, his office has confirmed to The Denver Post.

Salazar is expected to broadly announce his departure Wednesday. He has told President Barack Obama that he intends to leave his job by the end of March.

Salazar, 57, will have served a little more than four years in Obama's cabinet after being plucked from his beloved U.S. Senate seat serving Colorado in 2008.

His decision on whether to stay on at the helm of Interior or return to Colorado — and likely the less-glamorous but more-lucrative private sector — has been weighing on Salazar for a long time.

Read more: http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_22382151/interior-secretary-ken-salazar-leave-cabinet-position-march

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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to leave cabinet position in March (Original Post) Tx4obama Jan 2013 OP

It would be awesome Blue_In_AK Jan 2013 #1

Good Riddance Planet Raping, Fossil Fuel Industry Shill! triplepoint Jan 2013 #2

Good... Bette Jan 2013 #3

Yeah, Salazar was against fresh air and water Kolesar Jan 2013 #4

Don't let the door hit you.... Esse Quam Videri Jan 2013 #5

Yes, and responsible for the death of a lot of wolves. I won't miss him. nt Mojorabbit Jan 2013 #6

The Yellowstone wolves' story has been one Esse Quam Videri Jan 2013 #14

Corporate stooge returns to 'lucrative private sector' jsr Jan 2013 #7

Whilst I am very, VERY glad to see the back of this wolf-killing rancher, i am concerned... truebrit71 Jan 2013 #8

We have been asking the WH- New Head of the Dept of the Interior be Raul Grijalva Sunlei Jan 2013 #10

Yay, the good old boy crawls back under his rock, finally!! Sunlei Jan 2013 #9

Statement by the President on Interior Secretary Salazar’s Announcement that He Will Return to CO Tx4obama Jan 2013 #11

To be replaced by another horrible choice no doubt. forestpath Jan 2013 #12

That creep took Polar Bears off the Endangered Species list and now they can be hunted. Auntie Bush Jan 2013 #13

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)

1. It would be awesome

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 03:30 AM

Jan 2013

if Obama appointed someone who actually cared about the environment and especially the Arctic. That offshore drilling up here is a terrible idea.

triplepoint

(431 posts)

2. Good Riddance Planet Raping, Fossil Fuel Industry Shill!

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 03:38 AM

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Been wanting to say that to the guy's face but could never get a meeting with him to do it...You know how it can be....oui? He'll probably come back as a petrochemical lobbyist...for BP...

Bette

(65 posts)

3. Good...

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 03:41 AM

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We need someone who isn't afraid to go against the fools who want to put greed over the best interests of this land and it's resources. Someone who has the capacity to understand how important the environment is and the reasons to protect it. Without fresh air and water, there is NO life. No plants, No animals, NO people!

Kolesar

(31,182 posts)

4. Yeah, Salazar was against fresh air and water

Reply to Bette (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 07:51 AM

Jan 2013

/sarcasm

Esse Quam Videri

(685 posts)

5. Don't let the door hit you....

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 08:46 AM

Jan 2013

This guy has been an absolute disaster for endangered wildlife across the west.

Mojorabbit

(16,020 posts)

6. Yes, and responsible for the death of a lot of wolves. I won't miss him. nt

Reply to Esse Quam Videri (Reply #5)

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 11:45 AM

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Esse Quam Videri

(685 posts)

14. The Yellowstone wolves' story has been one

Reply to Mojorabbit (Reply #6)

Thu Jan 17, 2013, 08:51 AM

Jan 2013

of great sadness around my house.

jsr

(7,712 posts)

7. Corporate stooge returns to 'lucrative private sector'

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 11:58 AM

Jan 2013

truebrit71

(20,805 posts)

8. Whilst I am very, VERY glad to see the back of this wolf-killing rancher, i am concerned...

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 01:34 PM

Jan 2013

..about who his replacement might be....I am NOT encouraged that it will be anyone that is measurably less bad than he has been...

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)

10. We have been asking the WH- New Head of the Dept of the Interior be Raul Grijalva

Reply to truebrit71 (Reply #8)

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 01:43 PM

Jan 2013

He has compassion for wildlife, excellent history and will be a good steward for Americas public lands.

So very happy Salazar is getting out. We have hated Salazar the Slaughter Tzar for many years, he's a black hearted man.

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Sunlei

(22,651 posts)

9. Yay, the good old boy crawls back under his rock, finally!!

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 01:35 PM

Jan 2013

Still has a lot of questions to answer about the 'deals' with his nest door ranch neighbor.

Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)

11. Statement by the President on Interior Secretary Salazar’s Announcement that He Will Return to CO

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 05:22 PM

Jan 2013

The White House

Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
January 16, 2013

Statement by the President on Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s Announcement that He Will Return to Colorado

I want to thank Ken for his hard work and leadership on behalf of the American people. As the Secretary of the Interior, Ken has helped usher in a new era of conservation for our nation’s land, water, and wildlife. Ken has played an integral role in my Administration’s successful efforts to expand responsible development of our nation’s domestic energy resources. In his work to promote renewable energy projects on our public lands and increase the development of oil and gas production, Ken has ensured that the Department’s decisions are driven by the best science and promote the highest safety standards. Ken has also made historic strides in strengthening our nation to nation relationship with Indian Country, helping to resolve longstanding disputes and make tribal communities safer and stronger. I have valued Ken’s friendship since we both entered the Senate in 2005, and I look forward to receiving his counsel even after he returns to his home state of Colorado.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/01/16/statement-president-interior-secretary-ken-salazar-s-announcement-he-wil

forestpath

(3,102 posts)

12. To be replaced by another horrible choice no doubt.

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Wed Jan 16, 2013, 06:34 PM

Jan 2013

Auntie Bush

(17,528 posts)

13. That creep took Polar Bears off the Endangered Species list and now they can be hunted.