04/07/2015
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"Can I get your commitment upon confirmation that you will come to Alaska and consult with our local VA leadership?"
"Can I get your commitment that you will initiate consultation with the Alaska Native Health Board and other Tribal Health Organizations upon your confirmation on renewed negotiations for the VA Tribal..."
"My State is actually a continental-wide place, yet we do not have a full-service VA hospital in the State of Alaska."
"As we have a new National Defense Strategy, which I think has bipartisan support in the Congress."