ANCHORAGE, Alaska – During a roundtable discussion Thursday with Alaska Native Vietnam-era veterans, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Tracy Stone-Manning announced that the Department will open approximately 27 million acres of federal lands to selection by eligible Alaska Native veterans. “We have a sacred obligation to […]
The Federal Administration’s broken promises are a slap in the face of Alaska Native Vietnam Veterans. Federal overreach has always impacted our way of life in Alaska. It is no secret that the Federal Government has been quick to lock up federal lands and slow to deliver on its promises. In a deeply troubling move […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Cannabis Caucus Co-Chairs Don Young (R-AK), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), David Joyce (R-OH), and Barbara Lee (D-CA), today urged the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to allow access to medical cannabis for VA patients as quickly as possible. The push comes amid growing frustration within the veteran community, which has been fighting for the change to […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Alaska Congressman Don Young helped introduce the bipartisan Supporting Every at-Risk Veteran In Critical Emergencies (SERVICE) Act. The SERVICE Act creates a pilot program within the Department of Justice to provide grants to law enforcement agencies to create local veteran response teams — teams of military veteran law enforcement officers that respond to other veterans […]
“You have become one of the principal obstacles to progress, answering to big donors rather than your own people.” As U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema continues to be a leading impediment to her own party’s flagship Build Back Better package, five of the Arizona Democrat’s advisers resigned in protest Thursday, accusing her of “hanging your constituents out to dry” […]
“Veterans know the cost of war, so it should come as no surprise that they strongly back President Biden’s decision to end the war in Afghanistan.” Survey results released Tuesday show that nearly two-thirds of U.S. veterans support the ongoing withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, a finding that came as President Joe Biden reportedly decided to stick […]
In the years leading up to 1971, the federal government urged Alaska Native families to claim their 160-acre land allotment before the program was abruptly terminated by the passage of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. That message never reached George Bennett Sr. Like 2,800 other Alaska Natives, he was serving his country on the […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska —The Alaska Coalition for Veterans and Military Families, a non-profit group that provides social services and resources for Alaska veterans and military families, has been working to disseminate cloth face masks to active duty and National Guard service members, as well as first responders, their families and children of first […]
Dear Alaskans, America’s veterans put their lives on the line to defend our freedom and way of life. I have long believed that we should be doing all that we can to ensure they receive the best medical care possible well after their service ends. Our nation’s veterans deserve patient-centered care that works for […]