National Guard delays Alaska staffing changes that threatened national security, civilian rescues

FOX News— ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Air National Guard has delayed its plan to downgrade the status of about 80 members of its Alaska unit, a move that would have threatened national security and civilian rescues in the nation’s most remote state. The Alaska Air National Guard confirmed the delay in an email to The Associated Press on Friday. AIR NATIONAL GUARD CHANGES IN ALASKA COULD AFFECT NATIONAL SECURITY, CIVILIAN RESCUES, STAFFERS SAY Efforts by the state’s politicians and Alaskans "have been...

Anchorage Daily News—National Guard hits 1-year pause on staffing change that leaders warn could upend Alaska Air Guard. The pause announced Thursday is exclusive to Alaska, according to a spokesman for the Alaska National Guard, and came after advocacy from elected leaders in the state.

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TheHill—Sullivan blasts Biden’s moves to restrict drilling and mining in Alaska as ‘national security suicide’. Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska.) ripped into the Biden administration's decision to restrict drilling on millions of acres of government-owned lands in Alaska, arguing it was a "lawless" move. "It's lawless. [President Biden] doesn't have the authority to do that," Sullivan said Sunday on CBS News's "Face the Nation." "And I could go into all the