Alaska Gov. Walker Readies Agenda for President Obama's Aug. 31 Trip to Anchorage
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Alaska Dispatch] by Erica Martinson - July 28, 2015
Gov. Bill Walker hopes he’ll get to see President Barack Obama in front of one of Alaska’s glaciers next month, he said in an interview Sunday.
Walker met with Obama administration officials here last week to make suggestions for the president’s impending visit to Alaska. The governor’s trip to Washington was part of a swing through the nation’s capital on the way to the National Governor’s Association summer meeting in the West Virginia resort town of White Sulphur Springs.
Last week, Walker met with top Obama advisers Jerry Abramson and Brian Deese. Deese is the president’s main adviser on climate and energy issues, and Abramson focuses on intergovernmental affairs...
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