Mike Dunleavy
2:25 - 2:49
“This is really an Alaska advantage at this point. And to Our Asian allies, it is because our proximity to Asia, eight days of Tokyo, eight or nine days of Tokyo and Seoul, South Korea. But uncontested waters is really the big thing.”
- Speaker
- Mike Dunleavy
- Timestamp
- 2:25 – 2:49
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
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From the transcript
It's aluminum, it's fertilizer, it's petrochemicals, it's a lot of things. So what's the point in bringing up the Persian Gulf when it comes to Alaska? This is really an Alaska advantage at this point. And to Our Asian allies, it is because our proximity to Asia, eight days of Tokyo, eight or nine days of Tokyo and Seoul, South Korea. But uncontested waters is really the big thing.
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