http://www.mail.com/people/14586-chris-gregoire.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/14586-chris-gregoire.html http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1872072-obama-picks-outdoor-retail-exec-to-lead-interior.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's choice for interior secretary is a lifelong outdoors enthusiast who likes to bike, ski and climb mountains. As president and chief executive at Recreational Equipment Inc., Sally Jewell has applied her passion to her job, helping push REI to nearly $2 billion in annual revenues and a place on Fortune Magazine's l... Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1872072-obama-picks-outdoor-retail-exec-to-lead-interior.html 2013-02-06T23:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1862946-energy-secretary-chu-to-step.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Energy Secretary Steven Chu, who won a Nobel Prize in physics but came under questioning for his handling of a solar energy loan, is stepping down. Chu offered his resignation to President Barack Obama in a letter Friday. He said he will stay on at least until the end of February and may stay until a successor is confirmed. Chu's departu... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1862946-energy-secretary-chu-to-step.html 2013-02-01T20:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1827988-obama-to-confront-oil-pipeline-climate-change.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's second-term energy agenda is taking shape and, despite the departure of key Cabinet officials, it looks a lot like the first: more reliance on renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar, and expanded production of oil and natural gas. Obama also is promising to address climate change, an issue he has acknowledged was sometimes... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 19:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1827988-obama-to-confront-oil-pipeline-climate-change.html 2013-01-17T19:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1824166-interior-chief-salazar-stepping-march.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who oversaw a moratorium on offshore drilling after the BP oil spill and promoted alternative energy sources throughout the nation, will step down in March. A former U.S. senator from Colorado, Salazar ran the Interior Department throughout President Barack Obama's first term and pushed renewable power suc... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1824166-interior-chief-salazar-stepping-march.html 2013-01-16T22:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1809686-obama-cabinet-shuffle-taking-shape.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The composition of President Barack Obama's second term Cabinet became clearer Wednesday, with Labor Secretary Hilda Solis resigning and three other members of the president's team deciding to stay on amid concerns about diversity in Obama's inner circle. Solis, a former California congresswoman and one of the highest-ranking Hispanics i... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 02:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1809686-obama-cabinet-shuffle-taking-shape.html 2013-01-10T02:08:00Z