{"id":41158,"date":"2023-03-03T08:31:47","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T15:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=41158"},"modified":"2023-03-03T14:03:58","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T21:03:58","slug":"cabinet-controversies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/cabinet-controversies\/","title":{"rendered":"Cabinet Controversies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cabinet Controversies | The Line\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yGWZVjkSxqs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>03.03.23 <\/strong>\u2013<strong> <\/strong>Gene Grant and the Line Opinion Panel discuss some of the recent criticism surrounding the Governor\u2019s administration. Nominee for Secretary of Indian Affairs James R. Mountain is facing backlash over charges filed in a rape accusation years ago. After our taping, his daughter, Leah Mountain, <a href=\"https:\/\/ladailypost.com\/op-ed-in-support-of-confirmation-of-james-r-mountain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote an Op-Ed defending her father in the Los Alamos Daily Post.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Host:<\/strong>&nbsp;Gene Grant&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Line Opinion Panel:<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Martha Burk, political psychologist and author&nbsp;<br>Edmund Perea, attorney and public safety analyst&nbsp;<br>Tom Garrity, founder &amp; president, the Garrity Group Public Relations&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For More Information:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ladailypost.com\/op-ed-in-support-of-confirmation-of-james-r-mountain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Op-Ed: In Support of Confirmation of James R. 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