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Legislative veterans committee to meet in Alamogordo
SANTA FE, Nov 04, 2009 (Alamogordo Daily News - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) --
The interim legislative Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee has rescheduled its two-day meeting in southern New Mexico for Nov. 9-10.
The committee was created by statute during the first session of the 49th Legislature to conduct hearings relating to military and veterans' issues and to report back to the New Mexico Legislature, Congress, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense with recommendations.
The committee was scheduled to meet on Oct. 15 and 16, but Gov. Bill Richardson's announcement that a special session would begin Oct. 17 gave rise to scheduling concerns.
"Legislative members are expected to attend caucus and other meetings in preparation for the special session," State Rep. Nate Cote said. "Those pre-session engagements would have conflicted with the committee meeting, and military communities in Las Cruces and Alamogordo deserve the full attention of the committee.
"I am very proud that the committee will still have its two-day meeting, now scheduled to meet on Nov. 9 in Las Cruces to focus on the needs of that community and White Sands Missile Range, as well as meeting in Alamogordo on Nov. 10 to focus on the needs of that community and Holloman Air Force Base," Cote said.
A tentative agenda of the Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee is posted on the New Mexico Legislature Web site. The agenda is always subject to change and should be reviewed frequently.
The agenda is online at http://legis.state.nm.us/lcs/agecalendars_interim.aspx.
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