Obama Names Jewell to Interior Post at the White House

U.S. President Barack Obama, left, hugs Ken Salazar, U.S. secretary of the interior, during an announcement for Sally Jewell, chief executive officer of Recreational Equipment Inc., unseen, as a nominee to become secretary of the U.S. Interior Department at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, February 6, 2013. Obama said Jewell's background as an engineer and experience in the banking, energy and retail industries give her the skills needed to manage a department that oversees 500 million acres of public land. UPI/Andrew Harrer/Pool