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Trump administration declares war on Alaska 8(a) contracts
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Sen. Dan Sullivan is racing on his “Team Dan” campaign website to post as many endorsements as he can from Alaska Native corporate leaders before they have a chance to reconsider.
Speed is of the essence for Team Dan because the Trump administration has just declared war on the 8(a) contracting program that has been an economic lifeline for the majority of the most profitable Alaska Native corporations.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth opened the attack on 8(a) contracts, saying he is “taking a sledgehammer to the oldest DEI program in the federal government, a program few people outside of Washington have ever heard of, that I hadn’t heard of.”
No one inside an Alaska Native corporation is as uninformed as Hegseth, the former TV talker.
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