Who's in *CHARGE* of the EPA and the Interior Department?!1

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http://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/administrator-gina-mccarthy
[font size=5]Administrator Gina McCarthy[/font]

Gina McCarthy is the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Appointed by President Obama in 2009 as Assistant Administrator for EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation, Gina McCarthy has been a leading advocate for common-sense strategies to protect public health and the environment.

Previously, McCarthy served as the Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection. During her career, which spans over 30 years, she has worked at both the state and local levels on critical environmental issues and helped coordinate policies on economic growth, energy, transportation and the environment.

McCarthy received a Bachelor of Arts in Social Anthropology from the University of Massachusetts at Boston and a joint Master of Science in Environmental Health Engineering and Planning and Policy from Tufts University.

When she is not in D.C., McCarthy lives in the Greater Boston area with her husband and dog, just a short bike ride away from their three children, Daniel, Maggie, and Julie.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027557225




http://www.fws.gov/refuge/Malheur/
[font size=5]US Dept of Interior @Interior
@DebGaudet We understand your concern about Malheur. [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]We're working[/FONT] with @FBI [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]to resolve the situation as quickly as possible[/FONT].
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Malheur Refuge Closed
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge is closed until further notice.

An unknown number of armed individuals have broken into and occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge facility near Burns, Oregon. While the situation is ongoing, the main concern is employee and public safety; we can confirm that no federal staff were in the building at the time of the initial incident. We will continue to monitor the situation for additional developments.


[font size=5]Sally Jewell was sworn in as the 51st Secretary of the Interior on April 12, 2013.[/font]

In nominating Jewell, President Obama said, “She is an expert on the [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]energy[/FONT] and climate issues that are going to shape our future. She is committed to building our nation-to-nation relationship with Indian Country. She knows the link between conservation and good jobs. She knows that there’s no contradiction between being good stewards of the land and our economic progress; that in fact, those two things need to go hand in hand.”

As Secretary of the Interior, Jewell leads an agency with more than 70,000 employees. Interior serves as steward for approximately 20 percent of the nation’s lands, including national parks, national wildlife refuges, and other public lands; oversees the responsible development of conventional and renewable [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]energy supplies on public[/FONT] lands and waters; is the largest supplier and manager of water in the 17 Western states; and upholds trust responsibilities to the 567 federally recognized American Indian tribes and Alaska Natives.

Prior to her confirmation, Jewell served in the private sector, most recently as President and Chief Executive Officer of Recreation Equipment, Inc. (REI). Jewell joined REI as Chief Operating Officer in 2000 and was named CEO in 2005. During her tenure, REI nearly tripled in business to $2 billion and was consistently ranked one of the 100 best companies to work for by Fortune Magazine.

Before joining to REI, Jewell spent 19 years as a [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]commercial banker[/FONT], first as an [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]energy[/FONT] and natural resources expert and later working with a diverse array of businesses that drive our nation’s economy. Trained as a [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]petroleum engineer[/FONT], Jewell started her career with [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]Mobil Oil Corp[/FONT]. in the oil and gas fields of Oklahoma and the [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]exploration and production[/FONT] office in Denver, Colo. where she was exposed to the remarkable diversity of [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]our nation’s oil and gas resources[/FONT].

An avid outdoorswoman, Jewell finds time to explore her backyard in the Pacific Northwest where she enjoys skiing, kayaking, hiking and other activities. She has scaled Mount Rainier on seven occasions, and recently climbed Vinson Massif, the highest mountain in Antarctica.

Jewell has worked to ensure that public lands are accessible and relevant to all people from all backgrounds, and to build a connection between the great outdoors and a new generation of Americans.

Jewell is a graduate of the University of Washington. She and her husband, Warren, have two adult children, Peter and Anne.

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1. TIL that the EPA is not under the Interior Department, so there's *that*.Also NIXON was sort of Lib

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The EPA was proposed by President Richard Nixon and began operation on December 2, 1970, after Nixon signed an executive order. The order establishing the EPA was ratified by committee hearings in the House and Senate. ....

The agency has approximately 15,193 full-time employees[6] and engages many more people on a contractual basis. More than half of EPA human resources are engineers, scientists, and environmental protection specialists; other groups include legal, public affairs, financial, and information technologists. In 2015, the Government Accountability Office stated that the EPA violated federal law with covert propaganda on their social media platforms.

[font size=5]Cabinet-rank officials[/font]
The following officials have positions of "Cabinet-rank" but which are not part of the Cabinet:

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

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2. Dear President OBAMA: When generals didn't deliver LINCOLN ditched them & found somebody better

even if it was a drunk.