Trump chooses congressman Zinke for interior secretary - reports

(Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump will name first-term Republican U.S. Representative Ryan Zinke of Montana, a former Navy SEAL commander, as his interior secretary, according to media reports on Tuesday. A senior transition official who spoke to Reuters described Zinke, 55, as a leading candidate for the job. Zinke will be nominated to head the Interior Department, which employs more than 70,000 people across the United States and oversees more than 20 percent of federal land, including