New Mexican Confirmed as Deputy Secretary of Interior
From the Albuquerque Journal Washington, D.C., Bureau:
“Michael Connor, a Las Cruces native who served as a water policy expert in the office of former Sen. Jeff Bingaman, was unanimously confirmed Thursday as deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
“Connor, 50, had been working as commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation. … He will replace David J. Hayes, who was in the post for four years before accepting a position as a Stanford Law School professor.”
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