INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, May 1 -- The Indiana House Republicans issued the following statement on April 29, 2024, by State Rep. Kendell Culp, R-Rensselaer: * * * Food security is national security. That's why I join many Hoosiers and Americans in raising concerns about foreign adversaries like China and Russia ramping up their efforts to buy farmland. Our federal government reports that foreign ownership of U.S. land is up by a staggering 40% since 2016 and we know some of those acres are in the  more

LATHAM, New York, April 30 -- The U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa, a service component of the U.S. Africa Command, issued the following news: By Eric Durr, New York National Guard Seven hundred New York Army National Guard Soldiers will take part in the multinational African Lion training exercise in Tunisia and Morocco in May. Most of the New York National Guard Soldiers involved in the exercise are part of the 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry Regiment, and will be training in Mo  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, May 1 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: Today, Governor Kristi Noem and 52 of her fellow governors oppose legislation that disregards gubernatorial authority over the National Guard, Legislative Proposal 480. The bipartisan group of governors sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. The full letter can be found here. Governor Noem understands the importance of her role as Commander in Chief of the Sou  more