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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><img width="624" height="147" style="width:6.5in;height:1.5312in" id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.png@01D941E5.CCAF7F70" alt="Graphical user interface, text
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">February 16, 2023
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Governors: “President Biden owes the American people answers”<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little and 16 other Republican Governors released the following joint statement today in response to President Biden’s handling of foreign objects in American
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">“The violation of American airspace by multiple foreign objects is unprecedented and threatens our national sovereignty along with the security of our states.
As governors, we have sworn an oath to defend against ‘all enemies, foreign and domestic.’ Yet, President Biden has chosen not to fully communicate with the public about this critical issue impacting public safety. Too much time has passed, and too little
information is known. President Biden owes the American people answers.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Signatories of the statement include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Governor Brad Little (ID)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Governor Ron DeSantis (FL)
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Governor Kristi Noem (SD)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Governor Sarah Sanders (AR)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Governor Greg Abbott (TX)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Governor Glenn Youngkin (VA)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Governor Kim Reynolds (IA)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Governor Brian Kemp (GA)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Governor Eric Holcomb (IN)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Governor Tate Reeves (MS)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Governor Mike Parson (MO)
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Governor Jim Pillen (NE)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Governor Doug Burgum (ND)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Governor Kevin Stitt (OK)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Governor Henry McMaster (SC)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Governor Bill Lee (TN)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Governor Mark Gordon (WY)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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