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Now playing Next USA Biden picks Native American Deb Haaland for interior secretary "A voice like mine has never been a Cabinet secretary or at the head of the Department of Interior," Haaland said, vowing to be "fierce". 18/12/2020
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Now playing Next USA Trump and Biden: How do they differ on tackling the climate crisis? As with many issues at the heart of the US presidential campaign, the threat of climate change shows Donald Trump and Joe Biden at polar opposites. 03/11/2020
Now playing Next USA Amy Coney Barrett confirmed to US Supreme Court by divided Senate Trump's choice to fill the vacancy potentially opens a new era of rulings on abortion, the Affordable Care Act and even his own election. 27/10/2020