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  • — by Leigh Ann Caldwell and Tim Stelloh
    A key Democratic senator said he would not vote for Gina Haspel, Donald Trump's pick for CIA director, after a meeting Monday at which she failed to satisfactorily answer questions about her background in the agency, an aide said. The meeting with Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., a member of the Senate intelligence committee, took place in a...
  • — by Shane Harris
    One summer night in the late 1980s, Gina Haspel, a young CIA field officer on her first overseas assignment, found herself standing outside a hotel in Addis Ababa talking to Jimmy Carter. The former president was visiting Ethiopia to foster peace talks between the government and Eritrean rebels and urgently needed to get word to a...
  • — by Megan Petersen
    FARMINGTON — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich and Aztec Police Department Chief Mike Heal met during the senator’s visit to the Four Corners this past week to discuss school safety and security efforts, and potential action. “I met with a number of students from Aztec a few weeks ago who came back to Washington, D.C.,"...
  • — by Tara Melton
    ALAMOGORDO – U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich visited White Sands National Monument Friday to meet with community leaders and discuss legislation he plans to introduce to Congress that will designate the monument as a national park. State Sen. Ron Griggs, R- Dist. 34, and former Alamogordo mayor kicked off discussion of the White...
  • — by Susan Montoya Bryan
    A vast expanse of shifting white sand dunes in southern New Mexico would be elevated from a national monument to a national park under legislation proposed Friday by one of the state’s senators. U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, a Democrat, made the announcement while visiting the state as part of a multiday tour that also included looking at the...
  • — by Staff and Wire Reports
    WHITE SANDS NATIONAL MONUMENT - A vast expanse of shifting white sand dunes in southern New Mexico would be elevated from a national monument to a national park under legislation proposed Friday by one of the state’s senators. U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, a Democrat, made the announcement while visiting the state as part of a multiday tour that...
  • — by Sun-News Editorial Board
    A report Thursday by the National Park Service found that more than 2 million people visited national park units in New Mexico last year, spending $116 million in the state. That produced 1,720 jobs and an overall impact to the state’s economy of $141.6 million. And, those numbers are only for the seven sites managed by the National Parks...
  • — by U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich
    Many of us in New Mexico are fortunate to have a national forest right outside our backyard. We rely on these forests for drinking water and firewood, to fill our freezers, and to support our outdoor recreation economy. However, as temperatures heat up and we enter fire season after a particularly dry winter, we are also acutely aware that some of...
  • — by Derek Markham
    In a bid to help more New Mexican residents, businesses, power providers, and municipalities go solar, US Senator Martin Heinrich has launched an online solar toolkit that offers resources for those considering solar power, along with solar success stories and information on potential funding sources. “It is my hope that this solar toolkit...
  • — by Deb Riechmann
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Three Democratic senators on Wednesday stepped up their demands for more information about the former undercover spy President Donald Trump has picked to lead the CIA, and said the public has a right to know about her role in the harsh interrogation of suspected terrorists after 9/11 as well as other “disturbing facts...
  • — by Karoun Demirjian
    The CIA has refused to declassify information about Gina Haspel, President Trump’s nominee to be the agency’s next director, infuriating Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee who have questioned her suitability for the role. “It’s unacceptable for the CIA to hide [Haspel] behind a wall of secrecy, particularly when...
  • — by Marisa DeMarco
    For this week's Let's Talk New Mexico, we reached out to New Mexico's congressional delegation for their thoughts on the 2018 Farm Bill and SNAP funding. Here's what they sent us via email: Rep. Ben Ray Luján (D) “We need a bipartisan Farm Bill that feeds our kids and families, supports our farmers and ranchers, and creates...
  • — by Elana Schor
    The CIA is proposing to let senators weighing Gina Haspel's nomination to lead the spy agency view classified material about her record in a secure setting, an offer quickly dismissed as insufficient by Democrats seeking more transparency about Haspel's past. The CIA released a disciplinary memo late last week that absolved Haspel, a longtime...
  • — by Ron Davis
    Applied Technology Associates, an Albuquerque-based engineering firm, has been awarded an $11.9 million contract from the U.S. Air Force, Sen. Martin Heinrich announced Monday. The contract will be used for a "ground-based, multi-aperture space imaging system." “Applied Technology Associates is a great example of a homegrown...
  • — by ABQ Journal News Staff
    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Applied Technology Associates of Albuquerque has won an $11.9 million contract with the Air Force for a ground-based space imaging system, Sen. Martin Heinrich announced Monday. The company specializes in precision measurement, sensing and control technology. It provides services and products primarily for the defense and...
  • — by U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich
    When you visit Portales, it is hard to miss the dozens of historic windmills on display at the Dalley Windmill Museum on the Roosevelt County Fairgrounds. For 30 years, Bill and Alta Dalley went throughout the Great Plains collecting the largest private collection of windmills in the nation. These windmills remind visitors of wind energy’s...
  • — by Associated Press
    LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation say the federal government has agreed to provide more than $14 million to help renovate wastewater systems serving two unincorporated communities in Dona Ana County. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich on Friday announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has...
  • — by Sun-News Editorial Board
    We join with the Las Cruces City Council in requesting the federal government to upgrade White Sands National Monument to a national park, and encourage the County Commission to do the same. Such an upgrade would require an act of Congress. The City Council voted unanimously to request that Congress pass the White Sands National Park Establishment...
  • — by Adam Goldman and Matthew Rosenberg
    WASHINGTON — Central Intelligence Agency operatives have long run covert influence campaigns overseas. Now, the agency is mounting an unusually active, not very secret campaign in Washington. The C.I.A. is trying to ensure its deputy director, Gina Haspel, a career spy, is confirmed as its next director. Almost every detail of her life and...
  • — by Michael Coleman
    Sen. Martin Heinrich, a Democrat seeking reelection to a second term, just tweeted his support for marijuana legalization. “It’s time to legalize marijuana,” the senator tweeted. The senator’s new policy position comes on April 20 – or 4/20 – which has become known as an unofficial national...