White House: Obama's Alaska Visit Will Include Seward, Dillingham and Kotzebue
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Alaska Dispatch News] By Erica Martinson - August 24, 2015
The White House on Sunday revealed some details of President Barack Obama’s upcoming three-day trip to Alaska.
The president will travel to “the Seward area, where he will have the opportunity to view the effects of climate change firsthand,” on Tuesday, Sept. 1, according to White House spokesperson Hallie Ruvin.
On the following day, the president will visit Dillingham and Kotzebue, “where he will engage directly with Alaskans on issues important to their communities and to the local economy,” Ruvin said.
Obama will leave the state on Sept. 2, Ruvin said, adding that additional details will be available later this week.
Speculation over Obama’s plans has grown...
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