"I appreciate the responses. Mr. Chairman, I have other questions but I've got another committee that I need to attend."
"we don't have a policy, a stated policy, as to when the SPR, when there should be a drawdown."
"The Alaska Legislature recently authorized Governor Palin to seek VA funding to establish Alaska's first State Veterans Cemetery."
"I appreciate that, not only your comments but, Mr."
"I want to thank you for the time that you spent with me in my office several weeks ago."
"We want to work with you on that. I would extend the offer again to come up to Alaska and see for yourselves."
"Well, I am pleased to see that there is a greater level of communication."
"I heartily endorse, last year in the fiscal year 2009 Defense Appropriations Act, there were $5 million in O&M funds that was set aside, another $5 million in research and development funds that was s..."
"the community's concerns about how these dollars are going to be spent are good and fair and legitimate."
"This is a real problem."
"There is a level of vulnerability in our day-to-day lives that we could never have imagined a couple of decades ago."