Dan Sullivan: “I think sometimes people forget that word 'independent' and what it means and how important it is.”

Maybe the minority leader will explain why he is objecting given that we just laid out very cogent, strong reasons that we need to move forward on confirming the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff right now. It is a very dangerous…

I have been working this issue for 9 months. I have been working this issue all weekend.

Next time someone is legislating on my State specifically, it shouldn't be your staff.

There is also what we call the VOICE of the Inupiat, another group similarly situated--all Alaska Natives, all from this area. They were established to speak with a unified voice for the Native people on the North Slope, to preserve the…