Lisa Murkowski actually said...

"It is a concern to the Department of Defense, certainly, it is to me, as a concern it should be to our Nation, that we make sure we honor our treaty obligations and treat our territories with dignity,..."

"I certainly hope that the Department is making an effort to do right by Palau."

"When we make that commitment that we will be there, when it appears that we have not kept that commitment or that we have delayed it, it does cause them to question that relationship that we have."

"It is public safety. We have a volcano in Alaska."