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2 unusual facts about Pete Domenici


New Mexican cuisine

While chile, the pod, is sometimes spelled chili, chilli, or chillie elsewhere, U.S. Senator Pete Domenici of New Mexico made this state's spelling official by entering it into the Congressional Record.

Peter Vaghi

Back in America, he attended the University of Virginia Law School and worked as an attorney and staffer to Senator Pete Domenici in Washington, D.C., before being assigned as a seminarian to the North American College, Vatican City, and attending the Gregorian University in Rome, Italy in preparation for the priesthood.


Winslow T. Wheeler

From 1971 to 2002, Wheeler worked on national security issues for members of the United States Senate and for the Government Accountability Office (GAO): In the Senate, Jacob K. Javits (R, NY), Nancy Landon Kassebaum (R, KS), David Pryor (D, AR), and Pete Domenici (R, NM).


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