Hiett

Note: Despite the award's regional provenance, its recipeints are not limited to Texans; the Hiett is a national prize.

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Assistant prosecutor Teresa Hiett further pointed out to the judge how the teens have been affected, noting that Mason High School was shut down for the week of the trial because "everyone's been trying to figure out who these five boys were."

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Mike Fernandez says that even at the height of her drug consumption, Hiett was always aware that her habit could ruin her husband's future.

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"The Army said she had gone through [drug] rehab, and he approved Colonel Hiett on the grounds that she would not be the one working for the embassy," says the former U.S. ambassador.

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U.S. authorities believe Hiett shipped six parcels in all, containing drugs with a street value of about $500,000.

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Hiett is currently free on $150,000 bail; if convicted, the 36-year-old mother of two boys could face a minimum sentence of 10 years in prison.

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Embassy building in Bogota, the Hiett affair raises disturbing questions about the assignment of senior officials and their dependents to sensitive overseas missions.

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During one four-day binge at the Hiett home, Wilcox says, they did headstands while they snorted the drug and cleaned out each other's nostrils with Vaseline-daubed Q-Tips.

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Last August, Hiett surrendered at a federal courthouse in Brooklyn to face charges of conspiracy to distribute drugs.

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The plan would also direct the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to identify $100 million in "excessive administrative costs, waste, overhead, and program abuses," which Hiett calls an "achievable goal."

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