Ted Stevens: “I want to urge you to take a look again at that.”

[t]he waste in that area was as great as the total catch of all the major fisheries off our shores. These 60 factory trawlers threw overboard--dead and unused--about one out of every four fish they caught.

Do I think we can overstudy stuff? Absolutely.

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.

In the Arctic, speaking your mind is often a matter of survival.