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Senate Confirms America’s First Native American Cabinet Secretary

Republicans have called Deb Haaland's views "radical" and described her as a "far-left ideologue.”

Jeffrey Cawood
Senate Confirms America’s First Native American Cabinet Secretary
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The Senate approved Deb Haaland to lead the U.S. Department of Interior on Monday, sealing President Joe Biden’s campaign pledge to “ensure tribes have a seat at the table at the highest levels of the federal government.”

Haaland, a Democrat from New Mexico, was confirmed by a 51 to 40 tally, becoming the nation’s first Native American Cabinet secretary.

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