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Ken Salazar

Ken Salazar
Personal data
Date of birthMarch 2, 1955(age 58)
Place of birthAlamosa, Colorado, United States
Political partyDemocratic Party
SpouseHope Salazar
ResidenceDenver
Alma materColorado College
University of Michigan
ProfessionLawyer
ReligionRoman Catholicism
50th United States Secretary of the Interior
Assumed officeJanuary 20, 2009
PresidentBarack Obama
DeputyDavid Hayes
Preceded byDirk Kempthorne
In officeJanuary 3, 2005 - January 20, 2009
Succeeded byMichael Bennet
Preceded byBen Campbell
36th Attorney General of Colorado
In officeJanuary 12, 1999 - January 3, 2005
GovernorBill Owens
Succeeded byJohn Suthers
Preceded byGale Norton

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Kenneth Lee "Ken" Salazar (-enˈsæləzɑrpron; born March 2, 1955) is the current United States Secretary of the Interior, 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 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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1.72 min. | 4.47 user rating		 See never-before-seen footage of President Obama and his family's visit to Yellowstone National Park in the summer of 2009, following a long tradition of Ame...
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"The full scope of the offshore-leasing program in the Arctic for 2012-17 will not be released for another several days, but U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Sal...
5.18 min. | 4.94 user rating		 The Department of Interior is misleading the public and purging scientists who don't go along with an increasingly radical green agenda. Eight government sci...
8.83 min. | 4.90 user rating		 Interview with Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar on Election Day in Fountain, Colorado. Full story of this can be found here: http://bit.ly/WZiD8r Footag...
5.07 min. | 2.87 user rating		 This week, the President honored our nation's top scientists and innovators, nominated a new Secretary of the Interior, and worked toward reducing gun violen...
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Unlocking Mireya's world - Denver Post Tweet this news
Denver Post--She can seem more interested in a pink balloon than in her father, more fascinated with a blank space in the distance than in "Papa Ken" her grandfather, Interior Secretary and former US Sen. -Ken Salazar-. What few baby w - Date : Sun, 24 Apr 2011 03:38:38 GMT+00:00
Construction to start this summer on NB port facility to support Cape Wind - SouthCoastToday.com Tweet this news
SouthCoastToday.com--Secretary of the Interior -Ken Salazar- said April 19 that he had approved Cape Wind plans for the offshore wind farm after a process that included an environmental assessment under the National Environmental Policy Act. "By - Date : Fri, 22 Apr 2011 23:05:46 GMT+00:00
Interior Sec. Salazar Remembers Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill - Bayoubuzz Tweet this news
Bayoubuzz--Secretary of the Interior -Ken Salazar- today issued the following statement regarding the one-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. “Today, we remember the eleven men who died in the Deepwater Horizon explosion. They were sons - Date : Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:29:45 GMT+00:00
Cape Wind wins federal construction plan approval - Boston Globe Tweet this news
Boston Globe--By Beth Daley, Globe Staff The controversial Cape Wind project, which would be America's first offshore wind farm, now has every federal permit it needs to start construction in the fall, US Interior Secretary -Ken Salazar- announced to - Date : Tue, 19 Apr 2011 20:39:11 GMT+00:00
Cuba explores for oil as US watches - MiamiHerald.com Tweet this news
MiamiHerald.com--US Interior Secretary -Ken Salazar- acknowledged this past week that Cuba's oil and gas explorations are an “issue of concern.'' “We're watching it closely,” Salazar said. “Obviously, because it's located - Date : Sun, 17 Apr 2011 04:34:35 GMT+00:00
21 Arrested At Interior Department Sit-In - Democracy Now Tweet this news
Democracy Now--She criticized Interior Secretary -Ken Salazar- for his recent announcement that the federal government would open up the Powder River Basin in Wyoming for coal mining. Kristen Owen: "They expect to receive over 758 million tons of - Date : Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:13:27 GMT+00:00
Obama Administration Announces Massive Coal-Mining Expansion - Huffington Post (blog) Tweet this news
Huffington Post (blog)--Interior Secretary -Ken Salazar- yesterday announced an enormous expansion in coal-mining that dwarfs the Obama administration's clean energy initiatives -- suggesting that President Obama's response to the Fukushima nucl - Date : Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:37:55 GMT+00:00
Republicans take aim at wild lands in budget deal - Mother Nature Network (blog) Tweet this news
Mother Nature Network (blog)--FOILED: Interior Secretary -Ken Salazar- is seeing some serious cuts aimed at his department. (Photo: Greghauenstein/flickr) As the Senate prepares to vote on a budget compromise, they will be voting on a bill that will keep - Date : Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:52:46 GMT+00:00
Moffat County Commissioners, environmental rep divided on wildlands funding - Craig Daily Press Tweet this news
Craig Daily Press--Moffat County Commissioner Tom Mathers fears Vermillion Basin, shown here, could be a target of Interior Secretary -Ken Salazar's- wildlands order, which could eliminate land uses that interfere with wilderness characteristics acro - Date : Fri, 15 Apr 2011 20:19:33 GMT+00:00
Obama should work toward a market-based energy policy - Sun-Sentinel Tweet this news
Sun-Sentinel--President Barack Obama's Interior Secretary -Ken Salazar- has blocked the exploration for and production of shale oil in the Rockies, Dakotas and elsewhere. The permit to drill on the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska is currently be - Date : Fri, 15 Apr 2011 07:04:55 GMT+00:00

Legal offices
Preceded by
Gale Norton		Attorney General of Colorado
1999-2005		Succeeded by
John Suthers
Party political offices
Preceded by
Dottie Lamm		Democratic Party nominee for Senator from Colorado (Class 3)
2004		Succeeded by
Michael Bennet
United States Senate
Preceded by
Ben Campbell		United States Senator (Class 3) from Colorado
2005-2009
Served alongside: Wayne Allard, Mark Udall		Succeeded by
Michael Bennet
Political offices
Preceded by
Dirk Kempthorne		United States Secretary of the Interior
Served under: Barack Obama
2009-present		Succeeded by
Incumbent
United States order of precedence
Preceded by
Eric Holder
as Attorney General		Order of Precedence of the United States
Secretary of the Interior
Succeeded by
Tom Vilsack
as Secretary of Agriculture
United States presidential line of succession
Preceded by
Eric Holder
as Attorney General		8th in line
Secretary of the Interior
Succeeded by
Tom Vilsack
as Secretary of Agriculture

United States Secretaries of the Interior

Ewing * McKennan * Stuart * McClelland * Thompson * C Smith * Usher * Harlan * Browning * Cox * Delano * Chandler * Schurz * Kirkwood * Teller * Lamar * Vilas * Noble * M Smith * Francis * Bliss * Hitchcock * Garfield * Ballinger * Fisher * Lane * Payne * Fall * Work * West * Wilbur * Ickes * Krug * Chapman * McKay * Seaton * Udall * Hickel * Morton * Hathaway * Kleppe * Andrus * Watt * Clark * Hodel * Lujan * Babbitt * Norton * Kempthorne * Salazar

Current members of the United States Cabinet

Bidenc * Chu * Clinton * Donovan * Duncan * Emanuelc * Gates * Geithner * Holder * Jacksonc * Kirkc * LaHood * Locke * Napolitano * Obamac * Orszagc * Ricec * Romerc * Salazar * Sebelius * Solis * Shinseki * Vilsack
c - cabinet-level

Obama cabinet

Cabinet
Secretary of StateHillary Rodham Clinton (since 2009)
Secretary of the TreasuryTim Geithner (since 2009)
Secretary of DefenseRobert Gates (since 2009)
Attorney GeneralEric Holder (since 2009)
Secretary of the InteriorKen Salazar (since 2009)
Secretary of AgricultureTom Vilsack (since 2009)
Secretary of CommerceGary Locke (since 2009)
Secretary of LaborHilda Solis (since 2009)
Secretary of Health and Human ServicesKathleen Sebelius (since 2009)
Secretary of EducationArne Duncan (since 2009)
Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentShaun Donovan (since 2009)
Secretary of TransportationRay LaHood (since 2009)
Secretary of EnergySteven Chu (since 2009)
Secretary of Veterans AffairsEric Shinseki (since 2009)
Secretary of Homeland SecurityJanet Napolitano (since 2009)
Cabinet-level
Vice PresidentJoe Biden (since 2009)
White House Chief of StaffRahm Emanuel (since 2009)
Administrator of the Environmental Protection AgencyLisa Jackson (since 2009)
Director of the Office of Management and BudgetPeter Orszag (since 2009)
Trade RepresentativeRon Kirk (since 2009)
Ambassador to the United NationsSusan Rice (since 2009)
Chair of the Council of Economic AdvisersChristina Romer (since 2009)

United States Senators from Colorado

Class 2Teller * Chilcott * Tabor * Bowen * Wolcott * Patterson * Guggenheim * Shafroth * Phipps * Costigan * Johnson * Allott * Haskell * Armstrong * Brown * Allard * Udall
Class 3Chaffee * Hill * Teller * Hughes * Thomas * Nicholson * Adams * Means * Waterman * Walker * Schuyler * Adams * Millikin * Carroll * Dominick * Hart * Wirth * Campbell * Salazar * Bennet



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