Ken Salazar

Democrat  •  Colorado  •  1st Term  •  Sworn In 2005
Current Term 2005 - 2009

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01/15/09
Transition: Holder to get grilled

... taxes he owed on income he earned at the IMF between 2001 and 2004.” -- Thursday: Interior: Sen. Ken Salazar (Energy and Natural Resources Committee)

Source: MSNBC
01/15/09
The Long Goodbyes: Biden, Clinton bid farewell

So when they depart for higher office — as Delware's Biden, New York's Hillary Rodham Clinton and Colorado's Ken Salazar will in the coming days — they tend ...

Source: The Associated Press
01/15/09
Senator Salazar's Nomination Hearing Raises New Opportunity for ...

15 /PRNewswire/ -- This morning, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee panel conducted the nomination hearing for Senator Ken Salazar , incoming ...

Source: PR Newswire (press release), NY
01/15/09
Over 100 Scientists & Conservation Groups Denounce Salazar Pick for Interior Sec

...Guardians and more than 100 scientists and conservation groups criticized Obama's pick of Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO) as his Interior Secretary in a letter sent to the Obama transition team today in anticipation of Salazar's Senate confirmation hearing. Sal

Source: News Blaze
01/15/09
US Senate passes bill that establishes South Park National ...

... government to provide up to $10 million in matching funds over 15 years, according to a press release from the office of US Sen. Ken Salazar (D-Colo.). ...

Source: Fairplay Flume, CO
01/15/09
FACTBOX-Clinton clears Senate panel as US top diplomat

Sen. Ken Salazar of Colorado, who once practiced as an environmental lawyer, was named to head the Interior Department. The 53-year-old son of Americans of ...

Source: Forbes, NY
01/15/09
A Senate in flux backs Obama, barely

Y., in line to be secretary of state, and Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., Obama's pick for interior secretary. "I feel like I've been TARPed and feathered," Sen. ...

Source: The Associated Press
01/15/09
Holder Calls Waterboarding 'Torture'

Although Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar is still a member of the panel considering his nomination to be Obama's Interior Secretary, that doesn't necessarily mean ...

Source: KQCA, My58.com, CA
01/15/09
Four farewells and a hello

Also giving farewell speeches today on the Senate floor are Senators Hillary Clinton of New York and Ken Salazar of Colorado. Clinton's in line to serve as ...

Source: CNN Political Ticker
01/15/09
U.S. Interior nominee vows move away from foreign oil

...oil by expanding renewable energy on public lands and promoting the “wise use” of traditional energy sources. Colorado Senator Ken Salazar appeared Thursday before a Senate panel considering his nomination to head the agency that manages 500 million

01/15/09
Colorado's Salazar faces confirmation hearing Thursday

...DENVER, Colorado — Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar faces a Senate confirmation hearing in Washington Thursday for his posting as secretary of the Department of the Interior. The Democratic senator must be approved by the full Senate before joining the Cabin

Source: Vail Daily
01/15/09
Biographical information on Ken Salazar

AP EXPERIENCE — US Senate, January 2005-present; Colorado state attorney general, 1999-2004; private law practice, Parcel, Mauro & Spaanstra, 1994-98; ...

Source: MLive.com, MI
01/15/09
Senate hearing on Salazar underway

...for interior secretary. (energy.senate.gov) WASHINGTON — The Senate Energy Committee this morning is considering Sen. Ken Salazar's nomination to be Secretary of Interior. Salazar, D-Colorado, is expected to be approved by the committee, but not with

Source: Denver Post
01/15/09
Ritter Introduces Bennett in N. Colorado

During his first stop in Loveland, Ritter introduced Michael Bennett, his choice to replace Sen. Ken Salazar. Ritter and Bennett arrived a few minutes early ...

Source: Berthoud Recorder,  USA
01/15/09
4 appear for nominee hearings

Interior-nominee, Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar, breezed through his hearing saying he would support some expansion of offshore oil drilling. ...

Source: Deseret News, UT
01/15/09
Cabinet Picks Move Closer to Senate Approval

Also testifying before Senate committees were Janet Napolitano, Obama's pick to become homeland security secretary, and Ken Salazar, chosen to run the ...

Source: NPR
01/15/09
Gray wolves to lose endangered status

A Senate committee could shed more light on the issue today when it questions Obama's choice for Interior secretary, Sen. Ken Salazar (D-Colo.). ...

Source: Los Angeles Times, CA
01/15/09
The other confirmation hearings

Interior department: Sen. Ken Salazar vowed to "clean up the mess" in the department, which has drawn criticism over a sex and drugs scandal and an ...

Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN
01/15/09
Salazar touts renewable energy in Interior confirmation hearings

...has jurisdiction over everything from oil- and gas-leasing decisions to relationships with American Indian tribes. U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO) testifies for his confirmation hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Capitol H

Source: Denver Post
01/15/09
Murkowski, Begich land promise of visit from Interior Secretary ...

AP - January 15, 2009 10:24 PM ET JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - US Senators Lisa Murkowski and Mark Begich say they expect Interior Secretary designate Ken Salazar ...

Source: KTUU, AK
01/15/09
Salazar II: On Freeing Ms. Liberty's Crown

This morning, he asked Colorado’s Sen. Ken Salazar — the incoming Interior Secretary — if he could “let us free the crown.” Narrow stairs lead up Lady ...

Source: Science News
01/15/09
Senate panel considers Obama pick to run Interior

...Institute ceremony to honor the Hispanic-American members of the 111th Congress in Washington. WASHINGTON -- Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar faces questions from his former colleagues on how he will right an Interior Department rocked by scandals and viewed

Source: Miami Herald
01/14/09
A roundup of news, schedules, and key stories from CBS News ...

Upcoming Obama cabinet confirmation hearings: Attorney General nominee Eric Holder, Jan 15; Interior Secretary nominee Ken Salazar, Jan. ...

Source: CBS News, NY
01/14/09
Nobody touted Bennet in flood of e-mails to Ritter

In hundreds of e-mails released by Ritter's office, Coloradans proposed dozens of people to fill the job of Democratic Sen. Ken Salazar, who has been tapped ...

Source: Rocky Mountain News, CO
01/14/09
BLM allows oil shale demonstration in West

...commercial development is several years away. President-elect Barack Obama's nominee to head the Interior Department is Sen. Ken Salazar, a Colorado Democrat who wrote the legal provision that allows BLM to permit limited demonstration projects. Salazar

Source: Vail Daily
01/14/09
Larger oil-shale leases offered

... the decision on whether to issue the leases with the Obama administration and Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar if he is confirmed as secretary of interior. ...

Source: Denver Post, CO
01/14/09
New DPS super may be snubbed by Latino community

In previous discussions, Boasberg was looked at as the likely replacement for Bennet, who was appointed to replace US Senator Ken Salazar. ...

Source: Examiner.com
01/14/09
Republicans target Obama's former Senate seat

...Senate contenders in 2010. Obama also selected Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York as his secretary of state and Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar as interior secretary. Both will resign from Congress after their anticipated Senate confirmations. "President-elect

Source: Reuters
01/14/09
GOP Senate Election Team Seeks Reduced Reliance on Members’ Money

...R. Biden Jr. in Delaware, Secretary of State-designate Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and Interior Secretary-designate Ken Salazar in Colorado. “We have a number of opportunities that have been created and we’ll take advantage of those,” Corn

Source: CQ Politics
01/14/09
No leaky

...notice of two Cabinet nominees within its jurisdiction: Energy Secretary-nominee Steven Chu and Interior Secretary-nominee Ken Salazar. Rather, the staff of the committee pestered aides on the Obama transition team for clues as to whom the picks might b

Source: Grist

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