Ted Stevens: “I think we have got to find some way to prevent people from holding up the harvesting of timber.”

Our enduring interests will not change however the budget constraints of sequestration may require a change to the pace and scope of DOD's activities in the Asia-Pacific region.

I share those goals and in looking at the challenges facing the Arctic--which has been called 'ground zero for climate change'--I introduced a series of hills last year.

Thanks to the foresight of Senator Ted Stevens and his congressional colleagues in establishing the North Pacific Research Board in 1997.

Senator Stevens authored the Alaska Native Education Equity, Support and Assistance Act in response to these disparities.