NEW MEXICO SENATOR TOM UDALL SAYS HE'S NOT INTERESTED IN BEING INTERIOR SECRETARY. HIS NAME IS ON LIST OF CANDIDATES TO REPLACE KEN SALAZAR ... WHO ASKED THE WHITE HOUSE TO CONSIDER UDALL FOR THE POST. BUT THE WASHINGTON POST REPORTS UDALL HAS SAID HE DOESN'T WANT THE JOB.

THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT IS AMONG THE LARGEST IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. IF UDALL WAS APPROVED AND TOOK THE POSITION, GOVERNOR MARTINEZ WOULD BE THE ONE TO CHOOSE HIS REPLACEMENT IN THE U-S SENATE.