04/21/2010
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"The Coast Guard Academy is one of the finest institutions of higher learning in the country, in the world, and we certainly want to support them."
"I think the Arctic is a place we absolutely have to be represented."
"There are rich minerals below in the seabed there."
"Thank you for pointing that out. It must be frustrating, Admiral, for the Coast Guard to be aware of as many as 580 events going on out there that you're simply not able to respond to."