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If you’re setting your 2023 New Year’s Resolutions, add an “America the Beautiful” park pass to the mix.

The 63 parks considered National Parks are often regarded as “America’s Best Idea.” That’s an absolute fact.

This year, I visited six National Park Service-affiliated parks – five official National Parks, one National Monument co-managed by NPS – during my travels. Four spots were first visits for me, while two – Grand Canyon and Shenandoah – were return visits.

Here’s more about the “America the Beautiful” pass from U.S. Geological Survey

America The Beautiful – The National Parks and Federal Lands Pass

An $80.00 Annual Pass that provides access to more than 2,000 recreation areas managed by five Federal agencies, with up to 100% of the proceeds being used to improve and enhance visitor recreation services…The Forest Service, the National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, and US Army Corp of Engineers honor the Annual Pass at sites where Entrance or Standard Amenity Fee(s) (Day use fees) are charged.

• Bureau of Land Management 

http://www.blm.gov

• Bureau of Reclamation 

http://www.usbr.gov

• Fish and Wildlife Service 

http://www.fws.gov

• USDA Forest Service

http://www.fs.usda.gov

• National Park Service 

http://www.nps.gov

• US Army Corps of Engineers 

http://www.usace.army.mil

In this video, I discuss:

• The six parks I visited
• Associated costs with a park pass purchase
• Benefits and drawbacks to owning this annual pass
• Timed-Entry passes
• And more

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Here’s an excerpt of my column:

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is a towering figure. 

Few public officials have had stints as CIA Director, U.S. congressman, and business owner. To supporters and detractors alike, he’s more formidable now that he’s out of office. 

I recently met with Secretary Pompeo at Hudson Institute in downtown Washington, D.C., where he serves as a Distinguished Fellow, to speak with him about current events.

During our conversation, he discussed foreign policy, his successor Secretary Blinken’s performance thus far, President Biden’s War on Guns, and much more. 

Assessing the Biden Doctrine 

I asked Pompeo to assess his successor Secretary Antony Blinken’s tenure so far.

“They’ve had some good rhetoric on China, but I haven’t seen any follow through yet,” he responded. “And in the Middle East…it’s the same cast of characters from the previous eight years. They’re headed back down the same path, with respect to Iran, that will guarantee them a pathway to a nuclear weapon.” 

With respect to Secretary Blinken waiving Nord Stream 2 sanctions, he didn’t hold back.
“The Russians want to build a pipeline so the Germans will be dependent upon them in times of trouble,” Pompeo said. “We [the Trump administration] prevented that from being concluded. This administration stopped only one pipeline. One in the United States, not Nord Stream 2. I mean, that is just crazy.” CARTOONS | AF BRANCOVIEW CARTOON

Pompeo further conveyed his displeasure with their kowtowing to Russia.  

“The very first action that this administration took, with respect to Russia, was to rejoin a treaty: the New START Treaty,” he said. “They re-entered that treaty, much to Vladimir Putin’s joy, in exchange for nothing.” 

“They walked in and handed Vladimir Putin a gift almost on the first day of the administration.”

He listed how the Trump administration stood up to the Kremlin through aiding Ukrainians with a defensive weapons system and requiring NATO countries to allot two percent of their GDP towards defense spending. He also believes the media purposely glossed over the expulsion of 60 Russian diplomats, Nord Stream 2 opposition, and sanctions imposed on Russia across their four years. 

“It is not a close call with who was tougher with respect to taking on the interest of Russia most seriously,” the former CIA Director noted. “I think they [the American people] can now see the contrast pretty sharply. And I think redounds to the benefit of President Trump in the work that we did.”

“Talk is cheap,” he said of the upcoming Putin-Biden Summit in Geneva, Switzerland. “Handshakes don’t replace interests. In the end, what matters is the outcomes that one gets.”

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On February 28, 2019, the U.S. Senate confirmed Andrew Wheeler as the fifteenth Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.  President Donald J. Trump had announced his appointment as the Acting EPA Administrator on July 5, 2018. Mr. Wheeler had previously been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the EPA Deputy Administrator on April 12, 2018.

Mr. Wheeler has dedicated his career to advancing sound environmental policies. He began his career during the George H. W. Bush Administration as a Special Assistant in EPA’s Pollution Prevention and Toxics office.

He was a Principal and the team leader of the Energy and Environment Practice Group at FaegreBD Consulting, as well as Counsel at Faegre Baker Daniels law firm, where he practiced since 2009. He also served as the Co-chair of the Energy and Natural Resources Industry team across the entire firm.

Prior to his work with the firm, Mr. Wheeler served for six years as the Majority Staff Director and Chief Counsel, as well as the Minority Staff Director, of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Before his time at the full Senate EPW Committee, Mr. Wheeler served in a similar capacity for six years for the Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate Change, Wetlands and Nuclear Safety.

Mr. Wheeler is the past Chairman of the National Energy Resource Organization (NERO) and a Stennis Fellow. Mr. Wheeler is also an Eagle Scout.

Mr. Wheeler is from Fairfield, Ohio.  He completed his law degree at Washington University in St. Louis, his MBA at George Mason University, and his undergraduate work at Case Western Reserve University in English and Biology.

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