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Bush Calls For Interior Department To Move West

Jeb Bush said Wednesday that he would rein in regulation at the Interior Department and try to move its headquarters to the West if elected president.

The idea is part of Bush's proposal to better manage western land and resources, which he's expected to unveil at a policy round table discussion.

Bush said in prepared remarks that it makes no sense for an agency that manages hundreds of millions of acres of federal land across the West to be based in Washington D.C. The former Florida governor said the agency would do a better job of keeping in touch with the people it serves if its headquarters was in a place like Denver, Salt Lake City or Reno, Nevada.

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Bush says federal land management under President Barack Obama has been characterized by restrictive regulations, more land use constraints and more land acquisition by the government.