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Top Interior Dept. Official to Lead Environmental Group NRDC

HeadlineSep 18, 2014

A top Obama administration official in the Interior Department is leaving her post to head a major environmental organization. Rhea Suh will take over as president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, replacing Frances Beinecke. Suh had been nominated by Obama to oversee the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, but her nomination was stalled after Republicans objected to her past work with foundations that fund environmental causes.

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