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the United States Navy. And while they are lacking in presence 

 here, I can assure you that we have had numerous discussions in 

 the Intelligence Community with regard to the appropriate role of 

 the Navy. And they, as usual, are more than up to the task. 



I think it's appropriate to thank a number of people who have 

 worked very, very hard on this, certainly the cooperation of the 

 President of the University of Alaska, Dr. Komisar; Vice President 

 Proenza; Chancellor Wadlow; and the University group that 

 worked in putting this on. You know, it hasn't been easy. This isn't 

 the first conference. This was just an extension of another three 

 day conference. And they did a great job with the hearing. We want 

 to thank our reporter as well, i^d there are many unnamed people 

 who played a role in this, including those of you who sat through 

 it, and we're most appreciative. I tMnk we would all agree that it's 

 been mutually beneficial. A great deal of thanks goes to the staff, 

 on my left John Moseman, who is Staff Director for the Minority, 

 and a long-time associate of mine, my former Chief of Staff. And 

 David Garman on my right who has worked so diligently, he 

 couldn't even go on a picnic down the Tanana River last night, he 

 stayed and worked. So, I want to thank you both and the others 

 that are responsible. 



And again, I would remind you that we will have, if you'll give 

 us your names, a copy of the record mailed to you, I'm told, within 

 eight weeks but we'll try and do better with a summary. And I 

 think that we can all agree that the process that was unveiled here 

 in generating this concern to the appropriate levels of the scientific 

 commimity as well as the citizens of our state who are most af- 

 fected. I'm often reminded of the reality that if we had four or five 

 other states that had Arctic in them, why we would be much fur- 

 ther along. But unfortimately, Alaska is the only one. But I think 

 as we look at the statements and testimony given today, we find 

 that our Intelligence Community is now working in the area of en- 

 vironmental intelligence. Our State Department has indicated that 

 they are going to initiate an Arctic advisory committee. Those are 

 significant advancements and I think they were made possible pri- 

 marily by the awareness and participation of all of you here today, 

 both you in the audience and you who were part of the group testi- 

 fying. I want to thank you because I think we've all made a mesin- 

 ingful contribution to a process where there's still a lot of hard 

 work but I think we're up to the tasks ahead. So with that, and 

 on behalf of the Chairman, Senator Boren, thank you for being 

 here. And we would conclude this field hearing of the Senate Select 

 Intelligence Committee and advise you that the record will remain 

 open for testimony for the next two weeks. Thank you very much. 



The Committee is adjourned. 



[Thereupon, at 5:03 o'clock p.m., the hearing was adjourned.] 



