Obama Names Petroleum Engineer To Head Interior Department

摘要

President Barack Obama has nominated Sally Jewell, chief executive of outdoor activities retailer Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) and a former petroleum engineer at Mobil, to be the next Secretary of the Interior. If Jewell is confirmed in the post, she will replace outgoing Interior Secretary Ken Salazar as head of the government department that oversees federal oil and gas leasing (OD Jan.17'13).