U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, a Republican member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, said the close pass of the Russian jet is another reason to build America’s military presence in Alaska and the Arctic.
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Sullivan said the U.S. Navy should reopen its shuttered base at Adak, located in the Aleutians.
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