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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2001

The Senate on Tuesday unanimously confirmed M. Christina Armijo to the federal bench.

Armijo is currently a state court of appeals judge. She is now the first Republican woman federal judge in the state.

The federal court in New Mexico hears a number of cases affecting the state's 19 Pueblos, the Navajo Nation and two Apache tribes.

Republicans in the Senate have been frustrated with the slow-moving confirmation of President Bush's judicial picks. Democrats point out that they are moving as fast as they can, particularly given an agenda focused on terrorism, and point out that Republicans never moved on a number of Clinton appointees.

Some nominees, including those who have had involvement in Indian law cases, are controversial.

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Armijo New U.S. District Judge (The Albuquerque Journal 11/7)

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