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A LOOK BACK | Colorado oil man nominated as ambassador to Niger
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Forty Years Ago This Week: Longmont Republican Bill Casey was nominated by the Reagan administration to serve as ambassador to Niger. Casey, a mining engineer, had worked in Niger for Conoco Oil from 1977 to 1979 and said that he felt familiar with the country, its resources and its problems. Casey was awaiting his Senate…