Speaking at an air force base in Alaska this week, Mr Bush reiterated his view that America has no choice but to confront them.

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Sarah Palin was thought to excite the Republican base in Alaska and could pull Ted Stevens to victory, but again he still trails in that race as well.

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The Alaska governor jazzed the conservative base, and she also set a pick for McCain to recast himself as a maverick reformer.

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We already have ground-based interceptors at Fort Greeley, Alaska and at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

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As someone who has done high-altitude trekking, including to the Everest base camp and Mount McKinley in Alaska, Babar is used to careful bets.

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"When you increase the shrub cover you trap more snow, which keeps the soil warmer, " said Sturm, calling by cellphone 70 miles east of Nome, Alaska, in a small village that serves as his base to study seasonal snow changes.

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And while we are in Alaska he'll take that opportunity to speak to some troops at Elmendorf Air Force Base, and he's looking forward to that opportunity to visit with the troops there and to thank them for their service.

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