White House Withdraws Its Nomination Of Beaudreau, Now Interior Chief of Staff

The White House formally withdrew the nomination of Tommy Beaudreau to be an Interior Department assistant secretary, more than a month after Interior Secretary Sally Jewell’s elevation of Beaudreau to chief of staff.

Beaudreau was nominated May 12 to become interior assistant secretary for policy, management and budget, a post currently occupied by Rhea Suh, who has been nominated to shift to the job of assistant secretary for fish, wildlife and parks.

Beaudreau became popular with both Republicans and Democrats as the first director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. He won compliments from the oil and gas industry ...