It was here in the Aleutians where this Country was invaded by the Japanese.
It seems to me that the Department of Interior, that BLM, is probably in the best position to act as coordinating agency...
We have an obligation on the Federal side to clean up messes that have been created by our own government.
Do you think that we appropriately or adequately fund the Native American Lands Environmental Mitigation Program?
Sometimes we just have to acknowledge that it is going to cost money.
We have an obligation to clean up the messes that we create.
We cannot continue with more of the same. Because more of the same is an injustice to these people and to Alaska Natives...
On the DOD side.
The responsibility falls on the U.S. Government.
We should have thought about that before we exposed them to these situations where their health is compromised.
And with the State.