...nation's defense, said a spokeswoman for U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, chairman of the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee. Alaska has seen a recent rebound in military personnel, following a decline in the 1990s. Much of...

...for use in Alaska by the same defense contractor that makes Predator spy planes for the military. The Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, which U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens chaired at the time, included $5 million for the project in the...