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Octafish

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6. Thank you, mucifer.

Reply to mucifer (Reply #5)

Wed Feb 6, 2013, 09:56 PM

Feb 2013

Perhaps she is at that. Anyone who climbs Antarctic mountains can't be all bad.

PS: My initial knee-jerk reaction is in response to the seemingly endless line of officials who have been captive to their employers past and future. Neil Barofsky explained:

"You can play ball and good things can happen to you get a big pot of gold at the end of the Wall Street rainbow or you can do your job be aggressive and face personal ruin...We really need to rethink how we govern and how regulate."

SOURCE: http://www.businessinsider.com/neil-barofsky-2012-8

I have my fingers crossed for Ms. Jewell.

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Obama to nominate REI chief Sally Jewell for Interior Secretary [View all] cali Feb 2013 OP

Good choice, imo. n/t FSogol Feb 2013 #1

Good choice imo obamanut2012 Feb 2013 #2

Hopefully a good pick Sherman A1 Feb 2013 #3

Congrats to the 'young petrochemical engineer.' Octafish Feb 2013 #4

You should read this: mucifer Feb 2013 #5

Thank you, mucifer. Octafish Feb 2013 #6

Here's a nice quote from a Forbes interview from 2007: mucifer Feb 2013 #7

She is deep into environmental preservation and made that choice well before bluestate10 Feb 2013 #8

Thank you, bluestate10! Octafish Feb 2013 #9