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Ken Salazar

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 25: Interior Secretary Ken Salazar high-fives U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) after U.S. President Barack Obama signed a bill designating San Juan Islands, in Washington, a National Monument, during a bill signing in the Oval Office at the White House on March 25, 2013 in Washington, D.C. President Obama signed a series of bills designating five new National Monuments, including, Rio Grande del Norte in New Mexico, the First State Monument in Delaware, the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad in Maryland, the Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers in Ohio and the San Juan Islands in Washington.

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  • Leaders celebrate San Juan Islands preservation

    -- Interior Secretary Ken Salazar , Sen. Maria Cantwell , Reps. Rick Larsen and Suzan DelBene celebrated the designation of the San Juan Islands National Monument with environmental, tribal and other community leaders Monday morning at an event in Anacortes.Another   Read more »

  • Salazar: Thousands of park workers face furloughs

    -- Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says thousands of National Park Service workers would be furloughed, and thousands more seasonal workers would not be hired under automatic spending cuts set to take effect Friday.Visiting hours at all 398 national parks are   Read more »

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About Ken Salazar

Kenneth Lee Salazar (born March 2, 1955) is the current United States Secretary of Interior, an American politician and rancher from the U.S. state of Colorado. Salazar, a Democrat, served as state Attorney General before winning a U.S. Senate seat in the 2004 election. He was the junior Senator from Colorado since January 2005 and became the senior Senator following Wayne Allard's retirement in January 2009. He and Mel Martinez (R-Florida) were the first Hispanic U.S. Senators since 1977. They were joined by Bob Menendez (D-New Jersey) in January 2006.

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