Advertisement

Topic - William Blaine Richardson

Related Stories

Former U.S. diplomat Bill Richardson speaks to reporters during a news conference in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021. Friends and admirers of former Gov. Richardson are mourning the hard-charging politician whose career spanned the globe. Richardson’s casket was scheduled to lie in state on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, in the rotunda of the New Mexico Statehouse. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Bill Richardson is mourned in New Mexico after globe-trotting career, lies in state at Capitol

By Morgan Lee - Associated Press

Former U.S. diplomat Bill Richardson speaks to reporters during a news conference in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021. Richardson, a two-term Democratic governor of New Mexico who later was the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and dedicated his post-political career to working to free Americans detained overseas, has died, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Bill Richardson, a former governor and U.N. ambassador who worked to free detained Americans, dies

By Eric Tucker - Associated Press