Trump gave Interior nominee one directive for a half-billion acres of US land: 'Drill.'
Donald Trump assigned Doug Burgum a singular mission in nominating the governor of oil-rich North Dakota to lead an agency that oversees a half-billion acres of federal land and vast areas offshore: “Drill baby drill.
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Trump taps North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to lead Interior Department
President-elect Donald Trump has tapped North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to lead the U.S. Department of Interior, which oversees the management of 500 million acres of public lands across the country, controls 700 million acres of subsurface lands and 1.7 billion acres of the outer continental shelf.
Trump gives Interior nominee North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum one directive: 'Drill'
Donald Trump assigned North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum a singular mission when leading an agency that oversees a half-billion acres of federal land and vast areas offshore: “Drill baby drill.”
Trump gave Interior nominee one directive for a half-billion acres of US public land: ‘Drill’
That dictate from the president-elect’s announcement of Burgum for Secretary of Interior sets the stage for a reignition of the court battles over public lands and waters that helped define Trump’s first term.
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