++You wouldn't know it but the foreign ministers of Norway,Denmark and Iceland are in Alaska with John Kerry on the first global summit on what to do with the Arctic.
++Among the attendees are my old friends the Inuit Circumpolar Conference, who represent the indigenous peoples in the Arctic Circle. Also there are the representatives of the Alaskan tribes because they are facing the immediate devastation to their homeland from climate change.
++The Summit has a full contingent of American officials from the Interior, the Defense Department,the Cost Guard,State and other agencies involved in the protection and development of the Arctic.
++This summit is but one step before the Paris Conference on Climate Change. President Obama believes this is part of his legacy that will last generations.
++Meanwhile the McKinley Library is delighted people are talking about their President and Karl Rove is milking this for his upcoming book on McKinley. Not to be outdone by his Ohio colleagues, Sherrod Brown promises to work with President Obama to remember William McKinley.
++Leave it to Ed Kilgore to notice that Alaska has been trying to change the name back to Denali for over ten years. He thinks the Republicans should at least respect states' rights on this one.
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