Ted Stevens: “I do believe that it is of such significance that we cannot turn away from it.”

Shame on us. It's because we're addicted to oil in one arm, and we're addicted to greed that somehow we have convinced people that we can't do it.

In 2003, Alaska's own Senator Ted Stevens singled out Alaska Tribes for exceptionally harsh financial restrictions.

The need for a stronger Coast Guard presence, including icebreakers and forward operating bases to assert our national interest in the opening Arctic waters deal with the search and rescue and other responsibilities of increased maritime…

A country that picks up or identifies a launch might legitimately worry whether the weapon carries a nuclear or conventional payload.