Imperial Valley News Center
Assembly Approves Garcia’s Effort to Designate Cathedral City’s LGBT Veteran Memorial as Official State Memorial
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Cathedral City, California - Cathedral City Mayor Stan Henry and Mayor Pro-tem Greg Pettis joined Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) at the State Capitol for a historic vote to designate the city’s LGBT Veterans Memorial as the official LGBT Veterans Memorial of California. The Assembly voted in overwhelming support of Garcia’s AB 2439, the legislative measure proposing the classification and applauded the City’s longstanding history of recognizing veterans and promoting equality.
BLM Releases Plan to Destroy America’s Mustangs
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Washington, DC - Yesterday, the American Wild Horse Campaign blasted the Bureau of Land Management’s just-released plan for the management of America’s cherished wild horse and burro herds.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sworn into office as 70th Secretary of State
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Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was just sworn in yesterday by Justice Alito at the Supreme Court not long after he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate. No other secretary in recent history has gone on a trip as quickly as he has. Secretary Pompeo is now on his way to Joint Base Andrews, where we’ll be taking off.
Commemorating the Birthday of the Disappeared Panchen Lama
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Washington, DC - On April 25, we marked the birthday of the 11th Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, who has not appeared in public since he was reportedly abducted two decades ago by the Chinese government at age six.
SDSU’s Rashaad Penny Picked by Seattle Seahawks in First Round of 2018 NFL Draft
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Arlington, Texas - San Diego State running back Rashaad Penny was selected in the first round of the 2018 National Football League Draft on Thursday night by the Seattle Seahawks. Penny, who finished fifth in the Heisman Trophy voting in his final season in 2017, is SDSU’s first player taken in the first round of the NFL Draft since Kyle Turley in 1998 and ninth first-round pick in program history.
U.S. Aviation Sales to Turkey
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Washington, DC - We congratulate Turkish Airlines on its March 12, announcement to order 25 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners with an option for five more airplanes, and its subsequent agreement on April 25, to purchase GE engines for those planes. These deals together total over $10 billion, create and sustain more than 25,000 U.S. jobs, and underscore the expanding economic cooperation between the United States and Turkey.
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