It's a Big Effing Deal

The Arctic region will be part of the defense discussions we will have with our Canadian ally:

The Honourable Peter MacKay, Canada’s Minister of National Defence, and Dr. Robert M. Gates, the United States Secretary of Defense, met today at the Pentagon to discuss ways to strengthen and expand U.S.-Canada continental and hemispheric strategic cooperation.

I'm still thinking Polar Command would be useful. The Arctic is important, after all, as our vice president might say.

Or, as an Illinois governor might say, it's an effing valuable place.