Butch Otter: Ambassador to Cuba?
In a weekly opinion piece, Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune comments:
There’s talk about Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter becoming President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of the Interior.
It goes without saying that he has some of the right credentials.
Otter, who served three terms in Congress as well as lieutenant governor before becoming Idaho’s chief executive a decade ago, represents a Western, public lands state.
There’s a precedent. Former Idaho Gov. Cecil D. Andrus served as President Jimmy Carter’s Interior secretary; former Gov. Dirk Kempthorne held the job under President George W. Bush.
There’s been a small amount of buzz. Reuters mentioned him as a possibility. So did Energy and Environment News.
Otter also met with Vice President-elect Mike Pence earlier this week. Pence is heading up Trump’s transition.
But the farther you travel from Boise’s Jefferson Street, the thinner this gets. More here .
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