I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has named a special envoy to North Korea, and it isn’t Gov. Bill Richardson.
Last month, U.S.-run Radio Free Asia reported that the Obama administration was considering making Richardson a special envoy assigned to deal with the issue of North Korea’s nuclear weapons program. The report said former U.S. Ambassador to Korea Stephen Bosworth was also under consideration for the job.
A Richardson spokesman said at the time that the report was false. Pahl Shipley said Richardson was “not interested” in the job and had not “discussed it with anyone.”
Ultimately, Clinton tapped Bosworth for the position earlier today, the Associated Press is reporting. Bosworth, according to the article, will be tasked with working with South Korea, Japan, China and others “to look at ways to get Pyongyang back to the negotiating table and deal with broader policy,” and will also “deal with North Korean human rights and humanitarian issues.”
Richardson, who has a long and good relationship with the North Korean government, had his commerce secretary nomination derailed last month by a federal grand jury investigation into allegations of pay-to-play in the Richardson administration. That investigation is ongoing.
