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Governor Walker Meets with General Odierno in Washington

By Grace Jang | Office of the Governor on Feb 23, 2015 Featured, State

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Governor Bill Walker and Alaska National Guard Adjutant General Laurie Hummel met at 7:30 a.m. Monday with General Raymond T. Odierno, the 38th Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, at the Pentagon, to discuss the important presence of the brigades, soldiers and their families in Alaska. “I can certainly appreciate the situation General […]

Murkowski Seeks Answers from Odierno on ‘Pivot to the Pacific’

By Matthew Felling | Office of Senator Murkowski on May 1, 2014 Breaking News, Featured, State

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Lisa Murkowski focused on Alaska’s strategic location to the Pacific theater when U.S. Army Chief of Staff General Raymond Odierno appeared before her in the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, inquiring how safe its Army assets are from the larger budget cuts contained within the bipartisan Budget Control Act (BCA) passed in 2011. […]