Former Sen. Pete Domenici, Patron Saint of NM Weapons Labs, Dies

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Former Sen. Peter Domenici (R-N.M.), a stalwart ally of virtually all things nuclear in his state, died Wednesday following complications from abdominal surgery, the Albuquerque Journal reported. He was 85. Domenici was first elected to the Senate in 1972 and served six terms. During his Senate career, he chaired the chamber's Energy Committee and Budget Committee, and served on the Appropriations Committee: an assignment he used to steer funding to the state's Los Alamos and Sandia national laboratories, and to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).