Interior Secretary Attempts to Justify Deep Cuts to Native American Education Program

The man charged with stewarding the nation's public lands was called before a Senate panel on Tuesday, where he attempted to defend the Trump administration's call for massive cuts to his own Interior Department, particularly programs for Native Americans.

Secretary Ryan Zinke went to the mat for the White House's austerity blueprint, despite receiving a stream of criticism from members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, over how the blueprint hits indigenous Americans particularly hard.

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