... Forty-eight governors attended Tuesday's meeting with President-elect Barack Obama. Of the two who did not attend, Bill Richardson was probably very busy gearing up for his new Cabinet position as commerce secretary. That leaves our own Gov. Linda Lingle....
...in national media reports, either, with one major newspaper noting that the only other missing person was New Mexico's Bill Richardson, who was poised to be named secretary of commerce. Lingle, through an aide, said her decision "was not a political one,...
...Cabinet positions. This week he picked New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano and Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico to fill Cabinet positions. Those appointees will leave unsettled political situations at home. Share...
...Office was also killed. Gov. Richardson in Mexico: President-elect Barack Obama's pick for commerce secretary, Bill Richardson, got a warm welcome yesterday during a visit to Mexico, where government officials said they doubted Obama would follow through on...
...as a key leader in his administration â both Vice President-elect Joe Biden and the newly appointed Secretary of Commerce Bill Richardson were his political opponents in the not-too-distant past. But Richardson doesnât like the term ârivals.â âThere are some...
... President-elect Barack Obama selected a prominent Hispanic for his new Cabinet yesterday, naming New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as his commerce secretary and calling him a leading âeconomic diplomat for Americaâ in troubled times. Richardsonâs nomination...
...groups. His nomination would also send another Latino and Westerner to the Cabinet, following former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, who has been nominated as secretary of commerce. A third-term congressman, Salazar has little baggage that would tar his...
...pundits exult over the latest Obama administration appointments--Hillary Clinton! Robert Gates! Bill Richardson!--short shrift has been given to a much larger group of federal employees who will play a critical role in the new presidency. Political appointees...
...US-CLINTON-DEBT MEXICO-BILL RICHARDSON CHOLULA, Mexico _ President-elect Barack Obama's pick for commerce secretary, Bill Richardson, gets a warm welcome during a visit to Mexico, where government officials say they doubted Obama would follow through on a...
...Vice President-elect Joe Biden, Secretary of State-designate Hillary Clinton, and now Secretary of Commerce-designate Bill Richardson. The missing man in all of this is, of course, John Edwards, who was far more formidable a candidate than either Biden or...