The Secretary of the Interior (or most any other high position) need not, can not, know everything about the job or issues. What is required is an experienced, excellent manager who knows how to use experts, distill information, & make pragmatic decisions & have the courage to stick with them, no matter the howl & cry from the press, etc.

Certainly, Bob Gillam demonstrated all that in his efforts to defeat the rape of salmon & wilderness that we know as the Pebble Partnership.

I believe Bob Gillam would make an excellent Sec. of the Interior & I believe his taking the job would be a personal sacrifice to him, for the good of Alaska and the Country,