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Markwayne Mullin Under Consideration for Trump Appointment to Interior or Veterans Affairs

The Oklahoma senator becomes the latest congressional Republican floated as a cabinet secretary.

Markwayne Mullin
Sen. Markwayne Mullin is seen in the U.S. Capitol. Tom Williams/AP

As President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team looks at building out a cabinet, there’s one senator whose name keeps coming up for a position: Sen. Markwayne Mullin.

Mullin, a Cherokee citizen who led the Trump campaign’s Native American outreach, is now under consideration to lead the Department of Interior or the Department of Veterans Affairs, according to a source familiar with the transition.

However, sources told NOTUS that Interior would be the more likely landing spot for him, given his background and expertise.