Secretary Kempthorne addresses the White House Conference on North American Wildlife Policy in Reno, Nevada on Oct. 2, emphasizing Interior initiatives to preserve America's sports hunting heritage.
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Kempthorne: Preserving
America's Sports Hunting Heritage
Addressing a White House Conference on North American Wildlife
Policy, Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne detailed on-going Interior
initiatives and future plans to help preserve the heritage of sport hunting
in America. Describing the importance of our hunting heritage, Kempthorne said, "Hunting
allows us to travel to places we never would have traveled, meet people we
never would have met and connect with nature in a unique and intimate way.
While technology improves, the fundamentals of hunting remain unchanged which
also allows us to connect with our past and those who came before us". The
White House conference focused on how federal agencies are working with state,
and local governments and non-profit conservation groups to develop a comprehensive
10-year Recreational Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Plan that will set forth
an agenda for meeting the goal of supporting our nation’s hunting heritage
so that conservation in America will continue to be strong. more
Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne and senior-level federal health officials have signed an agreement at the Insular Areas Health Summit to establish a task force to help island leaders prioritize their critical health care system needs. From left, Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness David S.C. Chu; Secretary of Veterans Affairs James B. Peake, M.D.; Secretary Kempthorne; and Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Health Joxel Garcia, M.D.
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Secretary Kempthorne Launches
Insular Areas Health Care Initiative
Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne assured leaders
of U.S. territories and freely associated states that the federal government
is committed to working with them to improve and expand their public health
care systems, underscoring that commitment with a federal task force to prioritize
their critical needs and multi-million dollar funding to support on-going
efforts. "We – your federal partners – are here today to
listen and learn and explore strategies for helping you to advance your health
care sector.” To demonstrate the federal commitment, Kempthorne announced
several funding initiatives to bolster the islands public health care systems,
including $834,000 to strengthen the Guam Memorial Hospital’s exterior
walls and expand its medical supply warehouse; and $100,000 to the American
Pacific Nursing Leaders Council, which serves the Pacific insular areas, to
establish an administrative office at the University of Guam.
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