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Shelley Hughes
10:54 - 11:25
“Those shipping lanes are dominated 90% by Russia. The state of Alaska needs to step up for the sake of this nation and get that balance right. We need to take our rightful place.”
- Speaker
- Shelley Hughes
- Timestamp
- 10:54 – 11:25
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- August 6, 2026
From the transcript
It's about stepping up and doing, taking our rightful place stepping into our destiny as a state, because the nation actually needs this. And here's something that really, um, got my attention and made me know that we need to start having this conversation right now. Those shipping lanes are dominated 90% by Russia. The state of Alaska needs to step up for the sake of this nation and get that balance right. We need to take our rightful place.
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