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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
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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