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Shanahan Did Not OK Efforts to Keep USS John McCain ‘Out of Sight’

By Carla Babb | VOA News on May 30, 2019 Featured, National/World, World

JAKARTA, INDONESIA — Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan said Thursday he did not authorize and was not even aware of a White House directive to have the U.S. Navy warship USS John S. McCain “out of sight” when President Donald Trump visited Japan. “I would never dishonor the memory of a great American patriot […]

Walker and Mallott Applaud Naming of Denali

By Katie Marquette | Office of the Governor on Sep 1, 2015 Featured, State

ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker and Lieutenant Governor Byron Mallott applauded Sunday’s announcement from the Department of Interior and the White House to officially change the name of Mount McKinley to Denali. This announcement comes after Interior Secretary Sally Jewell issued a Secretarial Order officially changing the name of North America’s tallest mountain. “For decades, […]

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