Ted Stevens: “You're really, then, just asking for the money now to be governed by the law that comes forth from the Congress.”

Joe Walker is not a number.

A country that picks up or identifies a launch might legitimately worry whether the weapon carries a nuclear or conventional payload.

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

They are not numbers. They were people, living, breathing, caring, loving people. And they're not anymore. And there is no rational explanation as to why not.