VIDEO: President Obama Nominates Sally Jewell To The Interior

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VIDEO: President Obama Nominates Sally Jewell To The Interior

KUNC | By KUNC Staff

Published February 6, 2013 at 5:25 PM MST

Flanked by Ken Salazar, who announced on January 16 that he was leaving the Department of the Interior to return to Colorado, the President nominated REI executive Sally Jewell to fill the opening.

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