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Undated: Ryan
Keith Zinke (born November 1, 1961) is an American politician and
businessman who served as
United States Secretary of the Interior in the
Trump Administration from 2017 until his resignation in 2019.[2]
He previously served as the
U.S. Representative for
Montana's at-large congressional district from 2015 to 2017. From 2009 to
2013, he served as a member of the
Montana Senate, representing the 2nd district.[3]
Zinke played
college football at the
University of Oregon and earned a
Bachelor of Science degree in geology. He also has an
Master of Business Administration and an
Master of Science in global leadership. He was a
U.S. Navy SEAL from 1986 until 2008, retiring with the rank of
commander.[4]
The first Navy SEAL to be elected to the
United States House of Representatives,[5]
Zinke formerly served as a member on the
Natural Resources Committee and the
Armed Services Committee.[6]
As a member of Congress, Zinke supported the use of ground troops in the Middle
East to combat ISIS and opposed the
Affordable Care Act, various
environmental regulations, and the transfer of federal lands to individual
states.
As Secretary, Zinke opened more
federal lands for oil, gas and mineral exploration and extraction.[9]
Zinke's expenditures as Secretary of the Interior, which included expensive
flights, raised ethical questions and controversy, and were investigated by the
Interior Department’s Office of Inspector General.[10][11]
His ethical troubles were the subject of a PBS News Hour report on October 19,
2018. On October 30, 2018, the investigation into Zinke was referred to the
Justice Department by Interior's Inspector General.[12][13]
Trump announced on December 15, 2018, that Zinke would leave his post on January
2, 2019,[14][15]
to be replaced by his deputy
David Bernhardt.[16]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Zinke
-- 2018 --
January 22:
The Damage Done by Trump’s Department of the Interior
Under Ryan Zinke, the Secretary of the Interior, it’s a sell-off from sea to
shining sea.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/01/22/the-damage-done-by-trumps-department-of-the-interior
June 16:
Zinke linked to real estate deal with Halliburton
chairman
In the interior secretary’s hometown, a development brings together the head of
the nation’s largest oil-services company and a foundation created by the man
who regulates it.
A foundation established by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and headed by his wife
is playing a key role in a real-estate deal backed by the chairman of
Halliburton, the oil-services giant that stands to benefit from any of the
Interior Department’s decisions to open public lands for oil exploration or
change standards for drilling.
A group funded by David Lesar, the Halliburton chairman, is planning a large
commercial development on a former industrial site near the center of the
Zinkes’ hometown of Whitefish [Montana], a resort area that has grown
increasingly popular with wealthy tourists. The development would include a
hotel and retail shops. There also would be a microbrewery — a business first
proposed in 2012 by Ryan Zinke and for which he lobbied town officials for half
a decade.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/19/ryan-zinke-halliburton-park-whitefish-montana-647731
July 23: Ryan Zinke’s War on the Interior
From gutting the Endangered Species Act to opening off-shore drilling – inside
the Trump administration’s crusade to hand America’s public lands to the
fossil-fuel industry
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/ryan-zinke-trump-war-on-department-of-interior-700218/
December 15:
Interior Secretary Zinke resigns amid investigations
Behind the scenes ... the White House had been pushing Zinke for weeks to
resign, administration officials said. Last month, the officials said, Zinke was
told he had until the end of the year to leave or be fired.
For Zinke, the key moment in his loss of support at the White House came in
October, when Interior’s inspector general
referred one of its inquiries to the Justice Department, according to two
senior administration officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to
discuss a sensitive matter.
That probe, which continues, is examining whether a land deal Zinke struck with
the chairman of oil services giant Halliburton in his hometown of Whitefish,
Mont., constituted a conflict of interest.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/interior-secretary-zinke-resigns-amid-investigations/2018/12/15/481f9104-0077-11e9-ad40-cdfd0e0dd65a_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.2463fe0687ea
December 16: NY Times Slashes Ryan Zinke As
‘Not The Sharpest Knife In The Drawer’
Editorial dings Interior secretary as another “cheerleader” for the president’s
“boneheaded” energy strategy.
The New York Times ripped
outgoing Interior Secretary
Ryan Zinke on Saturday as a cheerleader for President
Donald Trump’s “boneheaded” policy of “energy dominance.” The editorial
noted that Zinke is leaving his job under the shadow of an” impressive number” —
15 — “ethics investigations.”
“On his first day in office, Mr. Zinke rode a horse to work, in plain imitation
of Teddy Roosevelt. As president, Mr. Roosevelt protected 230 million acres of
American wilderness, including 18 national monuments. Ten months into his tenure
as Interior Secretary, Mr. Zinke recommended the withdrawal of some two million
acres from two national monuments in Utah established by Mr. Obama and Bill
Clinton, the largest shrinkage of public land protection in history.”
Zinke has often boasted: “No
one loves public land as much as I do.” But just this month his department
detailed the Trump administration’s latest anti-environment scheme to open
9 million acres to drilling and mining by stripping protections for the
ground-nesting sage grouse. It would open more land to drilling
than any other action by the administration to date, the Times reported. “No
one loves the sage grouse more than I do,” Zinke said last year.
Environmentalists are already steeling to battle Zinke’s No. 2, Deputy Interior
Secretary David Bernhardt, who is expected to be named acting secretary when
Zinke leaves.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/times-slashes-zinke-as-not-the-sharpest-knife-in-the-drawer_us_5c15bfe0e4b009b8aea7e1f2
-- 2019 --
January 2:
Ryan Zinke has stepped down as interior secretary, resigning as planned amid a
series of ethics investigations. In a tweet he said it's been a "high honor" to
serve, adding that the agency has restored public lands, improved public access
and "shall never be held hostage again for our energy needs."
https://www.npr.org/2019/01/02/677390503/the-new-acting-interior-secretary-is-an-agency-insider-and-ex-oil-lobbyist
January 7:
Just days before Secretary Zinke left his post, the agency quietly proposed
rules that would have it ignoring many Freedom of Information Act requests
January 9:
Former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke defends legacy as he leaves
https://www.idahostatejournal.com/news/local/former-interior-secretary-ryan-zinke-defends-legacy-as-he-leaves/article_fd964b45-c0a2-5809-a9fd-4b1b3ee03821.html
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