Confirmation
hearings
thus
far
have
produced
little
opposition
from
Democrats
or
minority
Republicans
to
Obama’s
picks
for
energy
secretary,
Steven
Chu,
60;
Environmental
Protection
Agency
administrator,
Lisa
Jackson,
46,
or
chairman
of
the
White
House
Council
on
Environmental
Quality,
Nancy
Sutley,
also
46.
Ken
Salazar,
54,
the
junior
senator
from
Colorado
state,
is
seen
as
a
shoo-in
to
become
interior
secretary,
the
official
who
manages
public
land
resources.
Easy
confirmation
is
also
expected
for
Tom
Vilsack,
58,
the
former
Iowa
state
governor
that
Obama
nominated
as
agriculture
secretary.
A
routine
FBI
background
check
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