Read more Bill Richardson stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/273/bill-richardson.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:23:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/67899/richardson-reportedly-cleared-in-pay-to-play-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and former members of his administration will not face charges in a yearlong pay-to-play investigation, a source tells the AP. A federal grand jury has been probing whether lucrative work on state bond deals was improperly awarded to a Richardson donor—derailing his nomination as...http://www.newser.com/story/67899/richardson-reportedly-cleared-in-pay-to-play-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 27 Aug 2009 7:19:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67314/richardson-hails-warmer-signals-from-north-korea.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe tentative thaw continues in North Korea relations. On the heels of Bill Clinton's trip, Bill Richardson hosted two high-ranking officials from the North today at the governor's mansion in New Mexico and declared that Pyongyang is sending a "positive vibration" about detente. “What I sense was, one, the temperature...http://www.newser.com/story/67314/richardson-hails-warmer-signals-from-north-korea.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 19 Aug 2009 18:52:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67245/north-koreans-in-santa-fe-to-meet-gov-richardson.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwo North Korean diplomats at the UN are traveling to Santa Fe to meet with Bill Richardson, the New Mexico governor and former UN ambassador, reports CNN. The meeting is taking place at Pyongyang's request, according to the governor's office, and will focus on clean energy technology. Richardson has visited...http://www.newser.com/story/67245/north-koreans-in-santa-fe-to-meet-gov-richardson.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 19 Aug 2009 4:38:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66115/both-clintons-gore-played-role-in-release.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe release of Euna Lee and Laura Ling has catapulted Bill Clinton back onto the world stage, but as the New York Times reports, the former president—and husband of the secretary of State—was only selected for the role a few days ago. Hillary Clinton proposed several envoys for...http://www.newser.com/story/66115/both-clintons-gore-played-role-in-release.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 05 Aug 2009 5:35:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53734/new-mexico-bans-death-penalty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has signed a bill abolishing the state's death penalty, reports the Santa Fe New Mexican . Richardson, who formerly supported capital punishment, said replacing execution with life in prison without the possibility of parole was “the most difficult decision of his political life.” He noted that...http://www.newser.com/story/53734/new-mexico-bans-death-penalty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Mar 2009 3:14:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50140/kilmer-on-nm-if-i-run-ill-be-the-next-governor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagVal Kilmer is pretty confident about a future in New Mexico politics—assuming that’s his next move. “If I run, I’m going to be the next governor,” the actor and affirmed Democrat tells the AP. He's considering a campaign next year, when term limits will bar Gov. Bill Richardson from...http://www.newser.com/story/50140/kilmer-on-nm-if-i-run-ill-be-the-next-governor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Feb 2009 13:37:19 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/49431/obama-mulls-republican-for-commerce.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDemocrats may get their 60-seat Senate majority after all. President Obama is considering New Hampshire Republican Judd Gregg for the Commerce Secretary post Bill Richardson declined, sources tell Politico. New Hampshire’s Democratic governor would then get to appoint Gregg’s successor. Asked if he’d been offered the job, Gregg replied, “I...http://www.newser.com/story/49431/obama-mulls-republican-for-commerce.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Jan 2009 10:40:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/49387/caucus-pushes-for-black-commerce-secretary.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Congressional Black Caucus is lobbying President Obama to name a black commerce secretary. The caucus is pushing for technology executive John Thompson, CEO of software security company Symantec and an Obama contributor, to fill the post, reports the Hill . Obama has so far appointed only four African Americans to...http://www.newser.com/story/49387/caucus-pushes-for-black-commerce-secretary.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Jan 2009 1:44:44 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48302/obama-more-popular-than-ever.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama’s popularity is at an all-time high, a CNN poll finds, with 84% approving of his transition—up 2% from December despite Bill Richardson’s resignation, Timothy Geithner’s tax issues, and the widely panned Leon Panetta pick. “You know the country is in the middle of a honeymoon when six...http://www.newser.com/story/48302/obama-more-popular-than-ever.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Jan 2009 10:08:02 CST