Interior Secretary Ken Salazar apologized Wednesday for threatening to punch a reporter who asked him about problems with the 
government’s wild horse program, various news outlets reported.
Salazar called Dave Philipps, a reporter with The Gazette of Colorado Springs, to apologize and offer him an interview. The apology came a day after the newspaper posted an audio recording of Salazar’s comments, in which he accuses the reporter of setting him up by asking about a horse slaughter proponent who has bought hundreds of wild horses.
“If you do that to me again, I’ll punch you out,” Salazar said, later saying he regretted the exchange. But the newspaper called on him to apologize.
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