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Albuquerque TribunePlans to replace fired U.S. Attorney David Iglesias appear to have bogged down amid the firestorm over Iglesias' ouster.
U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici submitted the names of four possible replacements to the White House for the New Mexico post in early January, two months before controversy exploded over the firings of Iglesias and seven other U.S. attorneys.
Though another possible replacement has since surfaced, the process seems to have stalled.
Three of the potential replacements told The Tribune on June 13 that they've heard nothing for months, and all expressed waning interest in the job.
"I haven't heard anything in so long that I'm presuming they've decided on something else," said Charles Peifer, an Albuquerque lawyer who was among the four names originally submitted by Domenici.
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