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I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with my friend and colleague, Congressman Mark Takano of California. As the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Congressman Takano has long been a champion for the men and women who served our nation. Our conversation touched on the challenges veterans face both here in the CNMI and across the country, and it was encouraging to exchange ideas on how we can better serve them. I’m especially grateful for his support of my bill,
The CNMI and American Samoa are the only two jurisdictions in the United States without a National Guard. The Guard plays a vital dual role, supporting our nation’s military while also serving states and communities during times of disaster.
Regular readers of this newsletter know about our ongoing conversations with Seafix Inc. on the potential for the CNMI to expand its role in ship repair and maintenance. This week, I met again with Andrew Miller, Greg David, and Brian Cain while they were in Washington for meetings with the Department of Defense. Some residents may have noticed fewer prepositioning ships in our waters in recent months. These vessels, vital to our national security, regularly require servicing and repairs, but that work is being done elsewhere in the region.
Joint Task Force Micronesia Rear Admiral Joshua Lasky visited the Congressional Office this week to continue our conversations about Depart
I love seeing the incredible things our own are doing out in the world, and I could not be more proud of Saipan’s own Gio Hur. I saw the story on her new book, Islands After the War, which she and her fellow Harvard classmates put together after studying postwar landscapes in Okinawa, Iejima, Saipan, and Tinian. This is such a cool project, and I hope you can come celebrate it at the launch on Saturday, August 16, at 10:30 a.m. at the Joeten-Kiyu Public Library. The authors will join on Zoom, with their local collaborators there in person.
Ensuring that the work in Washington stays connected to the people of the CNMI is very important to me.
On Wednesday, I had a great conversation with House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers about ongoing Department of Defen