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“Lee Zeldin has been selected as the next administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, President-elect Donald Trump announced on Monday.

Zeldin is a former Republican congressman from New York's 1st Congressional District, who served from 2015 to 2023. In 2022, Zeldin announced his candidacy for governor of New York and became the Republican nominee, eventually losing the election to Gov. Kathy Hochul.

"It is an honor to join President Trump's Cabinet as EPA Administrator," Zeldin said in a post on social platform X.

"We will restore US energy dominance, revitalize our auto industry to bring back American jobs, and make the US the global leader of AI. We will do so while protecting access to clean air and water."

“Zeldin served four years on active duty in the U.S. Army, where he held roles as a military intelligence officer, prosecutor and military magistrate.

In 2006, he deployed to Iraq with the 82nd Airborne Division as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Today, he continues his service as a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve.”

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