Trump to name acting Interior secretary, a former oil and gas lobbyist-lawyer, to lead department

President Trump says he is nominating David Bernhardt, a former oil industry lobbyist who had been serving as former Interior Sec. Zinke’s deputy, as the new secretary of Interior.

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