WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), along with eight of their colleagues on the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), sent a letter yesterday to SASC Chairman Jack Reed (D-R.I.) calling on him to exercise the committee’s authority by holding hearings on the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Specifically, the senators requested sworn testimony from senior military leaders, including Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark […]
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, joined Bill Hemmer and Dana Perino on Fox News Channel’s America’s Newsroom this morning to discuss the aftermath of the Biden administration’s full withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan on Monday, with hundreds of Americans still in the Taliban-controlled country. In the interview, […]
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan demanding answers on why the Biden administration chose the seemingly arbitrary date of August 31st to withdraw all U.S. military forces from Afghanistan, even though American citizens remain trapped in […]
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), today released the following statement after the departure of the last U.S. military personnel from Afghanistan while hundreds of U.S. citizens remain behind in the country, now controlled by the Taliban. “I never thought I’d see the day when the […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), spoke with Charles Payne on Fox News Channel this morning about the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan following the Biden administration’s botched withdrawal of U.S. forces and personnel. Sen. Sullivan called on President Biden to level with the American people about his […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, released the following statements in response to an Order of the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska scraping an essential permit for the Willow Project, a multi-billion dollar expansion of ConocoPhillips’s oil and gas operations in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska […]
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today announced the appointment of Chad Padgett as the new state director for his Alaska Senate office. “With nearly three decades spent working to improve the lives of everyday Alaskans, Chad Padgett has a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities we have in Alaska,” said Senator Sullivan. “Chad brings […]
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement in response to President Joe Biden’s speech today on the unraveling situation in Afghanistan. “It has been a gut-wrenching few days for all Americans seeing our citizens being frantically ferried by helicopter in Kabul, echoing the tragic […]
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today sent a letter welcoming Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm for her first visit to Alaska as secretary, and urging her and the Biden administration to allow Alaska—rather than America’s adversaries—to meet the nation’s all-of-the-above energy needs, including oil and natural gas, and the critical minerals used in renewable energy technologies. Below […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), and Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), today sent a letter with 15 of their Senate colleagues to Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging the secretary to swiftly expand the State Department’s interpretation of eligibility for the […]