If I can interrupt you on that, how much faith do you have that DOD will actually perform what you need them to do--because I know that has been a struggle in the past.

We hope to see, as it moves forward, some good progress.

A lot of effort is needed to make sure we move that forward.

I want to thank you for reaching out for first people in this country, especially Alaska Native and American Indians.

So all new that are leaving from now forward, they are going to complete electronically.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

I think it is great what TOTE is doing. Of course, you know, from Alaska we love to sell gas, so we are all OK with this.

There is probably going to be some incredible impact on pricing.

That is real. That is not a pipedream. It is happening.

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As we develop more gas supplies in the country, moving gas/LNG from this country to markets, the Pacific Rim, will be a whole new opening.

LNG is one of the safer products when it comes to petroleum products.

This is a very critical program for the Alaska Native community.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Thank you for holding this hearing and an opportunity to kind of explore the issues of remote areas.

I know we will have more questions for you we will present through the record.

this is an area of success from the 2012 experience that should be carried forward and improved upon further in the future.

Let me say for all of you on this panel, I have to say that each one of you gave recommendations...

it has been a sea change practically in how things have been done

I think what I heard and gathered from your testimony is Port Clarence is one piece of the equation, but not the answer only by itself.

Thank you very much. And again, I'll have questions for several of you.

Thank you very much, Admiral.

your desire was to determine how you make this more permanent so it's not just at the whim of the current president

Thank you very much for your testimony.

So just to make sure I got this right, I know that Under Secretary Hayes is working on a broader Arctic policy for the White House and developing that through the Secretary's office and the Interior Department.

And do you feel the other countries are participating in a way that is going to produce an end product?