Rep. Don Young's rants notwithstanding, American naval security presence in the Arctic is deplorably lacking. Given the opening of Arctic waters, it is in the interest of national security and sovereignty to deploy icebreakers to protect our soil, water and those that choose to use the Northern passage. It's disingenuous to think that the Chinese warships that cruised through the Bering Sea during Obama's Alaskan reality show would respond to a disastrous oil spill from some foreign tanker. The attitude that the Russians will be the first responders in the case of any maritime emergency is apathetic and dangerous. Young and Murkowski are pushing the issue because that's their jobs. The lower 49 aren't on the front line as they don't consider the US to be an Arctic nation. They think Alaska is an island Southwest of San Diego next to Hawaii and smaller than Texas as depicted on national weather maps. I applaud all 3 of our Delegates for their stance on this issue. Uncle Ted would, too.