Aquafornia Breaking News: Deb Haaland is confirmed as interior secretary, the first Native American to serve in a cabinet
As thousands of Native Americans watched online, Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) was confirmed as secretary of the Interior Department by a 51 to 40 vote in the Senate, making her the first American Indian to lead an agency that manages a vast portfolio of [water and] federal land and the oil and mineral wealth that lies beneath it.