By Felicia Fonseca THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FORT DEFIANCE, Ariz. (AP)- Buu Nygren will be sworn in Tuesday as the next president of the vast Navajo Nation, a job that will test his ability to make good on promises to deliver water, electricity and broadband to tens of thousands who don’t have it. Nygren beat out incumbent President Jonathan Nez in the tribe’s general election by about 3,500 votes. The office heavily intersects with the federal government, as do other tribes that receive federal funding for services like housing, health care, education and public safety. The Navajo Nation also owns property in D.C. Nygren has said he’ll largely keep his focus local. “We’re not here for notoriety, we’re not here to be in the spotlight,” he told The Associated Press during

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