President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum will lead the newly-established National Energy Council while serving as interior secretary.
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The council, Trump wrote in a statement, “will consist of all Departments and Agencies involved in the permitting, production, generation, distribution, regulation, transportation, of ALL forms of American Energy.”
Trump, 78, revealed that Burgum, 68, would be his interior secretary pick during remarks at a Mar-a-Lago fete Thursday night.
“He’s going to head the Department of Interior, and he’s going to be fantastic,” the president-elect told supporters of the North Dakotan, who unsuccessfully challenged Trump for the 2024 Republican nomination.
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