Former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke speaks with Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, at the Interior Department in Washington on Wednesday, March 29, 2017, after signing an order lifting a moratorium on new coal leases on federal lands and a related order on coal royalties. (Molly Riley/Associated Press)
March 29, 2017
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March 29, 2017 3:40 p.m.
Zinke: Border wall 'complex,' faces geographic challenges
WASHINGTON (AP) — Geographic and physical challenges — including the Rio Grande and threatened wildlife — will make it difficult to build the "big, beautiful wall" that President Donald Trump has promised on the U.S.-Mexico border, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said Wednesday.