Ted Stevens: “Now, in a country of 25 million, you're trying to secure it with 135,000.”

[t]he waste in that area was as great as the total catch of all the major fisheries off our shores. These 60 factory trawlers threw overboard--dead and unused--about one out of every four fish they caught.

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 hope we will get some innovative suggestions for the technology in the future.

We indicated that this was the perfect place to do it.