WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. John Hoeven issued the following news release:

At the North Dakota National Guard (NDNG) Roughrider Conference today, Senator John Hoeven discussed efforts to ensure the state's Guard members have the training, equipment and facilities needed to succeed in their missions. As a member of the Senate Defense Appropriations Committee, Hoeven has worked to:

* Strengthen NDNG operations, including: * By bringing the Technology Readiness Experimentation (T-REX) event to Camp Grafton. * This event, a partnership between the Department of War and the NDNG, will test and evaluate counter-UAS technology during the last two weeks of August, with additional events to follow. * Hoeven made the case to the Pentagon for levera...