I've just heard about it on the radio so far, but I worked for the Dept. of Interior for a number of years, and over time have friends who have reached high places. I'm not surprised. Especially since the Bush administration has loaded the department with appointees. He not only filled the "usual" appointee positions, he systematically weeded out the upper level Civil Service folks who aren't Republicans or zealous enough Republicans and replaced them with party appointees. It really is a pathetic way to run an agency. Kind of like "Brownie" in the FEMA job.

SRS