Mark Cruz to lead Indian Health Service amid staffing and infrastructure challenges

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Mark Cruz, senior Health and Human Services advisor and citizen of the Klamath Tribes, poses for a portrait at the Pueblo of Sandia, in central New Mexico, near Albuquerque, on Friday, March 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Savannah Peters)

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Senate voted Friday to confirm Mark Cruz, a citizen of the Klamath Tribes, to lead the federal agency that provides healthcare for some 2.8 million Native American and Alaska Native patients.

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