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How budget cuts could affect you
Government agencies are already taking steps to comply with automatic spending cuts that took effect March 1. Some examples: ___ AIRCRAFT CARRIER One of the Navy's premiere warships, the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, sits pierside in...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Military Equipment, Job Layoffs, Layoffs and Downsizing, Labor Markets
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'Bloody Sunday' bridge in Alabama among new national landmarks
WASHINGTON - An Alabama bridge that was the site of the "Bloody Sunday" civil rights march, an Oklahoma battlefield where "Native Americans fought as members of both Union and Confederate armies," and a Kentucky distillery that operated before, during and...Tags: Justice and Rights, Human Interest, Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, Wars and Interventions
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Interior pick puts outdoor industry in spotlight
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — She doesn't wear a cowboy hat favored by traditional picks for interior secretary. Sally Jewell prefers fleece and Gore-Tex jackets and wears a safety helmet when she needs it for scaling cliffs, skiing or kayaking. Jewell,...
Tags: Lisa Murkowski, Washington, DC, Government, Sally Jewell, Elections
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Plan Improves Protection of Tribal Sacred Sites
Channel 2 NewsFour federal agencies and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation have come up with a plan for improving the protection of sites held sacred by American Indians and Alaska Natives. The plan announced Tuesday stems from a memorandum of... -
Obama warns of risks over budget cut uncertainty
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday said looming automatic spending cuts are already affecting the economy, while a top administration official warned that the nation's borders would be less secure if billions of dollars are yanked...Tags: Washington, DC, Government, Bobby Jindal, Elections, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Stakeholder perspectives offered at oversight hearing
Staff WriterCalifornia’s much-maligned and much-loved Salton Sea offered local elected officials an opportunity to experience what could be lost if the Salton Sea is not restored, when Assemblymen Ben Hueso and V. Manuel Pérez paddled out on kayaks on a sunny...Tags: Canoeing and Kayaking, Ben Hueso, Renovation, Science and Technology, Sports
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Salton Sea Authority taking its message to Washington, D.C.
Staff WriterAs California water agencies convene in Washington, D.C., next week for an annual conference, a delegation from the Salton Sea Authority will take its message directly to the Department of the Interior. “The message is not only to request further...Tags: Washington, DC, Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez
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Alaska Delegation Questions NPR-A Management Plan
Alaska’s congressional delegation gave a lukewarm welcome to a management plan, signed by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar Thursday, that allows access to oil and gas resources on nearly half of the 23 million-acre National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska....
Tags: Entertainment, NPR, Petroleum Industry, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Politics
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The challenges at the Interior Dept.
U.S. secretaries of the Interior have seldom been renowned for being … well, renowned. Typically affable former members of Congress who reliably see things according to the president's point of view, they are nearly always Western conservationists,...
Tags: U.S. Cabinet, Sally Jewell, Recreational Equipment Inc., Lobbying, Petroleum Industry
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Obama names REI chief to lead the Interior Department
WASHINGTON – President Obama on Wednesday nominated Sally Jewell, a former oil engineer and banker and current chief executive of a national outdoor retailer, to lead the Interior Department, making an unorthodox pick for his first woman nominee...Tags: Lisa Murkowski, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Elections, U.S. Senate
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Obama picks REI executive Sally Jewell to lead Interior Department
WASHINGTON -- President Obama will nominate Recreational Equipment Inc. Chief Executive Sally Jewell to lead the Interior Department in his second term, a White House official said. The president will make the announcement Wednesday afternoon at the...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Washington, DC, White House, Politics, Barack Obama
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Hilda Solis considering a run for L.A. County Board of Supervisors
WASHINGTON — U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis confirmed Friday that she is considering running for a seat on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, plans to “get my footing back in the community” and remain politically active in...
Tags: Hilda Solis, Elections, Politics, Barack Obama, Employment Opportunities
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