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Takeaways from Trump's choices for Interior and Energy departments

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Interior Department pick Doug Burgum will chair a new National Energy Council and sit on the National Security Council .

The new body will seek U.S. "energy dominance" by cutting red tape, boosting private finance and using innovation over rules.

Interior Department name-checks oil, "drill baby drill" and "other valuable minerals and resources" but don't mention coal.