06/16/2010
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"The Arctic is key strategic terrain. Russia is taking aggressive steps to increase its presence there. I will prioritize the development of an integrated strategy for the Arctic. I believe that our in..."
"I have it on good authority that the project was on the Corps' list to receive one of the six new starts that Congress appropriated last fiscal year, but in the end, only one new start was awarded."
"I do not believe in interim protection. I believe if we are going to spend the money, get the permits, and try to put something in place to protect people and the economy, we need to build it to the p..."
"The cities of Sand Springs, Oklahoma, and Tulsa, Oklahoma, are protected by a levee system that was built in the 1940s, and the infrastructure is beyond its useful life."