First Native American Nominated as U.S. Secretary of the Interior

Black Nominee for Environmental Protection Agency Administrator

[Asia Economy New York=Correspondent Baek Jong-min] Joe Biden, the President-elect of the United States, is reported to have nominated a Native American as the Secretary of the Interior.

Deb Haaland, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, is reported to have been nominated as the U.S. Secretary of the Interior.
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According to US media including the AP on the 17th (local time), Biden plans to nominate Representative Deb Haaland of the federal House of Representatives as the Secretary of the Interior. Michael Regan, the Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, is reportedly selected as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

If Haaland, a woman, passes the Senate confirmation hearing, she will become the first Native American Secretary since the Department of the Interior was established. The Department of the Interior has never had a Native American Secretary in its 245-year history.

In particular, since the Department of the Interior exerts significant influence over nearly 600 federally recognized tribes as well as public lands, waterways, national parks, and minerals, there is great interest in the nomination of a Native American Secretary.

Haaland is said to have received strong recommendations from many Native American tribal leaders and activists in the United States.

Haaland was once a "single mom" who had to rely on food stamps (low-income nutritional support) and is still paying off her and her daughter's college student loans.

Regan, nominated as EPA Administrator, will also become the first Black administrator if he passes the confirmation hearing.

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