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President Obama picks outdoor outfitter exec to head Interior Department

Roger Runningen and Jim Snyder

Photo Credit: An abandoned oil well at Channel Islands National Park in Santa Cruz, CA.  Flickr / David Wan

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Jewell's background as a CEO should help the administration manage the corporate backlash when it implements rules to restrict fracking and make energy companies pay a fair price to mine resources on public lands.

President Barack Obama will nominate Sally Jewell, president and chief executive officer of Recreational Equipment Inc., to become secretary of the U.S. Interior Department, an administration official said on condition of anonymity in advance of a formal announcement expected later today. Jewell heads a company based in Kent, Washington, that is focused on the outdoors, with sales of clothing, camping and recreational gear reaching almost $2 billion a year. She is an engineer by training and has private-sector experience in the finance and energy industries. The nomination would add a woman to Oba

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