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Haaland OK'd at Interior, 1st Native American Cabinet head

by Matthew Daly
| March 16, 2021 12:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Monday confirmed New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as interior secretary, making her the first Native American to lead a Cabinet department and the first to lead the federal agency that has wielded influence over the nation’s tribes for nearly two centuries.

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