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Ken Salazar
NameKen Salazar
Office50th United States Secretary of the Interior
PresidentBarack Obama
Term startJanuary 20, 2009
PredecessorDirk Kempthorne
United States Senator
Jr/srUnited States Senator
StateColorado
Term startJanuary 3, 2005
Term endJanuary 20, 2009
PredecessorBen Nighthorse Campbell
SuccessorMichael Bennet
Office36th Attorney General of Colorado
GovernorBill Owens
Term startJanuary 12, 1999
Term endJanuary 3, 2005
PredecessorGale Norton
SuccessorJohn Suthers
Personal information
Date of birthMarch 2, 1955(age 55)
Birth placeAlamosa, United States
PartyDemocratic
ResidenceDenver, United States
Alma materColorado College&
University of Michigan Law School
SpouseHope Salazar
ProfessionLawyer
ReligionRoman Catholicism
Kenneth Lee "Ken" Salazar (; born March 2, 1955) is the 50th and current United States Secretary of the Interior, serving in the administration of President Barack Obama. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a United States Senator from Colorado from 2005 to 2009. He and Mel Martinez (R-Florida) were the first Hispanic U.S. Senators since 1977; they were joined by Bob Menendez (D-New Jersey) in January 2006. Prior to his election to the U.S. Senate, he served as Attorney General of Colorado from 1999 to 2005.
On December 17, 2008, President-elect Obama announced he would nominate Salazar as U.S. Secretary of the Interior. The environmentalist movement's reaction to this nomination was mixed. Previously, Salazar supported the nomination of Gale Norton to Secretary of the Interior, President George W. Bush's controversial first appointee who preceded Salazar as Colorado Attorney General. On January 20, 2009, Salazar was confirmed by unanimous consent in the Senate.
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Congress proposes ban on snake sales - UPI.com Tweet this news

UPI.com--Interior Secretary -Ken Salazar- proposed the ban to curb the thousands of Burmese pythons that are eating birds, deer and alligators in the Everglades, ...
Date : Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:36:53 GMT+00:00

Unifying Big Bend, Mexican land under study - San Antonio Express Tweet this news

San Antonio Express--A group including Interior Secretary -Ken Salazar- and US Rep. Ciro Rodriguez, D-San Antonio, sets off on a guided canoe trip down the Rio Grande in Big Bend ...
Date : Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:02:24 GMT+00:00

National Park Service will waive entrance fees during National Park Week - Sequim Gazette Tweet this news

Sequim Gazette--WASHINGTON, DC - Secretary of the Interior -Ken Salazar- announced today that all 392 national parks will have free admission during National Park Week, ...
Date : Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:31:59 GMT+00:00

Interior Sec Salazar to break ground on Red Bluff pump project - Red Bluff Daily News Tweet this news

Red Bluff Daily News--Secretary of the Interior -Ken Salazar- and Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Mike Connor will be in Red Bluff today for the Fish Passage Improvement Project ...
Date : Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:40:51 GMT+00:00

US Interior Secretary visits Port Chicago - Contra Costa Times Tweet this news

Contra Costa Times--CONCORD � Interior Secretary -Ken Salazar- touched down in Concord late today and briefly visited the newest addition to the national park ...
Date : Tue, 23 Mar 2010 02:38:41 GMT+00:00

World's largest solar plant gets bigger - Inland Empire News Tweet this news

Inland Empire News--HINKLEY - Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Interior Secretary -Ken Salazar- have announced a new joint program to make it easier to conserve land for ...
Date : Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:30:40 GMT+00:00

Salazar must look to the future - Cape Cod Times Tweet this news

Cape Cod Times--In the next few weeks, Secretary of the Interior -Ken Salazar- will make a momentous decision � the official, final, formal record of ...
Date : Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:24:10 GMT+00:00

EDITORIAL: Both-And - istockAnalyst.com (press release) Tweet this news

istockAnalyst.com (press release)--Interior Secretary -Ken Salazar- is expected soon to announce the Obama administration's position on offshore drilling for oil and gas. ...
Date : Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:57:33 GMT+00:00

WSJ news pages pick up baseless conspiracy theory, claiming Dems trying to ... - Media Matters for America Tweet this news

Media Matters for America--A March 19 Wall Street Journal editorial stated that "Secretary of the Interior -Ken Salazar- announced on Tuesday that central California would get extra ...
Date : Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:38:15 GMT+00:00

Feds: US birds declining due to changing climate - USA Today Tweet this news

USA Today---...- bird species "are endangered, threatened or in significant decline," due to climate change, Department of the Interior chief -Ken Salazar- said Thursday. ...
Date : Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:58:04 GMT+00:00




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