Mark Begich actually said...

"I was just in Afghanistan... that's powerful. That gives us tactical advantage, at least from my perspective."

"This kind of agreement in the future of the Arctic is going to be another piece of the equation to our military positioning."

"Part of the work you do in the military is try to look at risk analysis... If you can reduce the risk you save lives."

"Everything we do here...creates long-term implications."