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The City of Albuquerque's Whistle-Blower Ordinance.

Detectives Shawn Casaus and Andrew Wickline

From left: Sgt. Dennis Barela, Lt. Jay Gilhooly, Det. Shawn Casaus, Det. Andrew Wickline, Mayor Richard Berry, Chief Ray Schultz.

Detectives Shawn Casaus and Andrew Wickline

From left: Sgt. Dennis Barela, Lt. Jay Gilhooly, Det. Shawn Casaus, Det. Andrew Wickline, Mayor Richard Berry, Chief Ray Schultz.

Agenda for the Rail Yards Advisory Board meeting on April 12, 2010.

At the outbreak of the Mexican War General Stephen H. Kearny was made commander of the Army of the West by President Polk and ordered to lead a 1700 man expeditionary force from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas to occupy New Mexico and California. He quickly accomplished the bloodless conquest of New Mexico on 19 August 1846, ending the brief period of Mexican control over the territory. After spending a little more than a month in Santa Fe as military governor with headquarters in Santa Fe, Kearny decided to continue on to California after ensuring that a civilian government was in place.

It was the longest war in American history and the most unpopular American war of the twentieth century. Many Americans asked whether the American effort in Viêt Nam was a sin, a blunder, a necessary war, or a noble cause, or an idealistic, if failed, effort to protect the South Viêt Namese from totalitarian government.

Scott Denning

Scott Denning works at the East Mountain Library, which is in the Cultural Services Department.