IT’S OFFICIAL: FORMER NEW MEXICO CONGRESSWOMAN AND AIR FORCE SECRETARY HEATHER WILSON HAS BEEN APPOINTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS THAT WILSON HAS FACED BACKLASH FROM SOME UTEP STUDENTS OVER HER VOTING RECORD ON L-G-B-T RIGHTS, IMMIGRATION, AND FEDERAL PELL GRANTS. FIVE PEOPLE SPOKE OUT AGAINST WILSON’S NOMINATION TUESDAY AS THE BOARD OF REGENTS MADE ITS FINAL DECISION.
WILSON HAS SAID SHE’LL RESIGN AS AIR FORCE SECRETARY NEXT MONTH.
