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WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. (January 25, 2024) – Rep. Gabe Vasquez of New Mexico's Second Congressional District met with leaders from White Sands Missile Range to tour the installation’s latest construction projects. He visited facilities with testing technologies critical to Army Modernization along with infrastructure developments aimed at improving quality of life for the WSMR community.

During Vasquez’s visit, he met with WSMR Commander Col. George C. Turner, WSMR Garrison Commander Col. David A. Mitchell, WSMR Executive Director Vincent M. Liddiard, WSMR Test Center Commander Col. Shawn Smart, WSMR Judge Advocate Lt. Col. Seth Ritzman and WSMR Test Center Technical Director Tristan Gilbert.

Vasquez’s focus within his district is improving infrastructure and promoting policies that create thousands of jobs. In recent years he has served as the executive director of the Las Cruces Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, worked in public lands conservation, and has been a policy advocate promoting child welfare and family wellbeing at the federal level.