Lisa Murkowski actually said...

"Most in the United States, I would dare say, do not believe or do not think of the United States as an Arctic nation."

"We look forward to working with you on these issues and so many more."

"We recognize that the existing infrastructure up north is limited at best and nonexistent in some cases."

"And yet basing them, whether it is a helicopter or otherwise, in an area where you do not have a hangar facility where you do not have runways that you need, where you do not have harbor for the boats..."