The following is the transcript of an interview with Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan, taped Aug. 14, 2025, in Anchorage, Alaska, and airing on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Aug. 17, 2025.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Senator.

SEN. DAN SULLIVAN: Margaret.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Thank you for joining us in your home state.

SEN. SULLIVAN: Welcome to Alaska. The father of the U.S. Air Force called Alaska the most strategic place in the world. That's a quote by Billy Mitchell that I use a lot. And now you see why.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Well — very strategic. And I want to talk to you about a lot of things specific to the state--

SEN. SULLIVAN: Good.

MARGARET BRENNAN: —but this is the focus of the world right now—

SEN. SULLIVAN: It is.

MARGARET BRENNAN: —because of who's coming here.

SEN. SULLIVAN:

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