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Interior Department thanks the Koch Brothers for praising Ryan Zinke’s park-killing report

Aug 25, 2017

By Center for Western Priorities

When Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke sent the White House a secret report that reportedly recommends erasing large swaths of four or more national monuments, the reaction was, understandably, swift and harsh.

But not at the Department of the Interior.

Following the lead of a White House in which the president is given a folder of only positive news clips every day, the Interior Department sent out a press release that shows just how far the department had to go to find praise for Secretary Zinke’s secret plan.