From the Arizona Daily Star: "After waiting nearly a year, Diane Humetewa
was confirmed late Thursday by the U.S. Senate as Arizona's next U.S.
attorney, the first American Indian to hold such a post.
Humetewa
was recommended last January by U.S. Sens. Jon Kyl and John McCain to
replace Paul Charlton, one of eight U.S. attorneys nationwide fired in
a Justice Department purge.
Despite
the recommendation from two prominent and powerful Republican senators,
President Bush didn't move forward with her nomination until last
month.
Humetewa, a member of the Hopi tribe, has been a senior litigator and a tribal liaison for the U.S. Attorney's Office. She declined to comment about the confirmation before she has taken her oath of office." Full story here.