Ken Salazar has agreed to become President-elect Obama’s secretary of the interior, sources tell The Denver Post. The Colorado senator seems like a good fit to lead the agency, which “plays a key role in issues important to Western states, such as overseeing oil and gas leases,” The Post reports. Salazar apparently was weighing whether taking the interior post would give him more clout than he would have as a senior swing state senator. Pending the result of a background check, he is expected to be announced in his new role later this week.
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