
0:24
Mark Cruz
18:25 - 18:49
“I was commissioned by President Trump on August 20th, which was the end of that third week in August, and I went to Rockville IHS headquarters on Monday the 24th, and my first action as director was signing the deed to transfer the Alaska Native Medical Center over to ANTHC.”
- Speaker
- Mark Cruz
- Timestamp
- 18:25 – 18:49
- Transcript
- Native Federation Video 2526606721442955
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- October 23, 2026
From the transcript
So with that, you may have also read recently, and I wanted to save this piece for last is I was commissioned by President Trump on August 20th, which was the end of that third week in August, and I went to Rockville IHS headquarters on Monday the 24th, and my first action as director was signing the deed to transfer the Alaska Native Medical Center over to ANTHC.
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