United States Senator John Hoeven for North Dakota

CAIRO – Senator John Hoeven met with North Dakota native Staci Haag Monday at the United States Embassy in Egypt. Haag is one of seven American nongovernmental organization (NGO) workers detained and facing charges in Egypt.

“Staci is doing well and I was very pleased to meet with her in person,” said Hoeven. “She is staying at the embassy and U.S. Ambassador Anne Patterson is doing everything she can to assist her.”

Hoeven is in Egypt with a bipartisan delegation of senators including Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). They met with military and government leaders with regard to the status of the nongovernmental organization (NGO) workers, as well as broader relations between the two countries. Those meetings included Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, head of the ruling military council in charge of the government of Egypt, as well as members of parliament, including the speaker and leaders of the Muslim Brotherhoo...

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that he is participating in a bipartisan Senate delegation to meet with Egyptian and other government officials in the Middle East to discuss national security and foreign relations issues pertaining to governments in the region. The delegation has already met with U.S. soldiers, as well as government and military leaders in Afghanistan, including Gen. John Allen and Afghan President Hamid Karzai. 

Other participants include Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). Hoeven serves on the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations. The group departed Washington on Friday. 

The senator is planning to meet with Fargo native Staci Haag in Cairo, where she has served as resident director for the National Democratic Institute, a nonpartisan, nongovernmental organization (NGO). Haag and others Americans are now threatened with trial in Egyptian courts for promoting democracy...

BISMARCK, N.D. – Governor Jack Dalrymple, Sen. Kent Conrad, Sen. John Hoeven and Rep. Rick Berg, announced today that the Federal Highway Administration has approved a new plan to fund statewide emergency road improvement projects, including needed road repairs in the Devils Lake Basin.

“Working together, we pushed for a revised plan so that counties and cities throughout the state can get the emergency road repairs they need,” Dalrymple said. “We will continue to work with local and federal officials to repair damaged roads in the Devils Lake Basin and other areas of the state.”

The new plan will reduce counties’ financial burden for emergency road repair projects. About $19 million of additional federal funds will be received to assist with statewide projects. In the Devils Lake Basin, where lake flooding continues to threaten road access, the revised plan will reduce the county funding match obligation to about $6 million. Durin...