Senator Lisa Murkowski is releasing her 11th Veteran Spotlight installment today, featuring Jim VanOss, a U.S. Army Veteran who was drafted during the Vietnam War and served as a military police office and an embassy guard in Saigon during the Tet Offensive.
In this week's Begich Minute, U.S. Sen. Mark Begich joins his wife Deborah Bonito to honor military families by wearing purple. April 19 is Military Kids Day in Alaska as part of the "Month of the Military Child."
This week, the President, Vice President and First Lady continued to call for action to reduce gun violence, while the President announced the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget, conferred the Medal of Honor, met with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, and held an Easter Prayer breakfast.