God Bless and Protect our Beloved President, He is truly "The People's President!"
Alaska governor offers use of National Guard troops along US-Mexico border
By: The Associated Press 13 hours ago
JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska is about 3,000 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border, but the state’s new Republican governor is offering President Donald Trump the use of the Alaska National Guard to patrol it, the Anchorage Daily News reports.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy says in a video message that the soldiers would “stand ready to support the national security crisis on the U.S. southern border.”
"While the southern border may seem far away and distant, this crisis is real and a potential threat to every American, including Alaskans," he said in the message released Friday.
Dunleavy press secretary Matt Shuckerow tells that Daily News that no movement of the Alaska National Guard is planned. He says that if the soldiers were sent there, the federal government would pay most of the cost.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2019/02/17/alaska-governor-offers-use-of-national-guard-troops-along-us-mexico-border/
Air Force C-17s bring tons of humanitarian aid for Venezuela
By: Fernando Vergara, Gisela Salomon and Fabiola Sanchez, Associated Press 17 hours ago
CUCUTA, Colombia — The U.S. Air Force airlifted tons of aid to a Colombian town on the Venezuelan border Saturday as part of an effort to both help the Venezuelan people during their humanitarian and political crisis and undermine socialist President Nicolas Maduro.
Three C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., and Joint Base Charleston, S.C., delivered humanitarian aid to Cucuta, Columbia. The cargo planes took off from Homestead Air Reserve Base in Florida.
“United States Air Force humanitarian aid missions are the most meaningful missions that we fly,” Capt. Susan Jennie, a C-17 pilot with the 6th Airlift Squadron at McGuire, said in an Air Force news release. “The opportunity to fly these kinds of missions was my biggest motivation to train and fly on the C-17. To be able to help out and bring aid to those in need, when needed, is one of the most rewarding opportunities I’ve been presented in my life and career.”
That border city, swollen by a flood of migrants from Venezuela, is a collection point for aid that’s supposed to be distributed by supporters of Juan Guaido, the congressional leader who is recognized by the U.S. and many other nations as Venezuela’s legitimate president. He has called for the aid.
"This wasn't the first, and it won't be the last," said USAID Administrator Mark Green, standing on the tarmac in Cucuta at a ceremony to receive the aid. "More is on the way."
Commercial planes had been used for earlier shipments of aid, which is aimed at dramatizing the economic crisis — including hyperinflation and shortages of food and medicine — gripping Venezuela. Critics say last year’s re-election was fraudulent, making Maduro’s second term illegal.
(Moar in Article)
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2019/02/17/air-force-c-17s-bring-tons-of-humanitarian-aid-for-venezuela/