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.
Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., announced Monday that he supports repealing the controversial “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy that bars openly gay people from serving in the military. Udall has signed onto legislation, introduced by Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., that would repeal the law.
“For almost two decades, ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ has placed an unjust burden on qualified service members who are forced to hide who they are in order to defend our country,” Udall said in a news release.
“Repealing this policy is the right thing to do. As Barry Goldwater used to say, ‘You don’t have to be straight to shoot straight.’ It’s time to end this discriminatory policy that has kept too many patriotic Americans from serving our country.”
The repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell gained momentum when Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, backed the repeal. He told the Senate Armed Services Committee, “Mr. Chairman, speaking for myself and myself only, it is my personal belief that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do.”
New Mexico’s senior Senator, Jeff Bingaman, another Democrat, has already signed onto cosponsor the legislation.
