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November 15, 2024

Trump Names Oil and Gas Industry Ally Doug Burgum to Oversee Interior Dept.
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In other transition news, Trump has tapped North Dakota Republican
Governor Doug Burgum as secretary of the interior, selecting a major
supporter of oil and gas drilling to oversee the bureaucracy tasked with
managing U.S. lands and natural resources. In 2017, Burgum ordered the
eviction of a resistance camp set up by Lakota water protectors opposing
the Dakota Access Pipeline. As governor, he has signed a near-total
abortion ban into law, a ban on trans girls and women from participating
in school sports, and legislation banning the teaching of critical race
theory.