Ted Stevens: “I urge you to think about it. I think that is a fantastic legacy for the future.”

Thanks to the foresight of Senator Ted Stevens and his congressional colleagues in establishing the North Pacific Research Board in 1997.

Our enduring interests will not change however the budget constraints of sequestration may require a change to the pace and scope of DOD's activities in the Asia-Pacific region.

I do believe that it is of such significance that we cannot turn away from it.

Elections have become more about the quantity of cash and less about the quality of ideas.