The US Congress has already allowed more foreign cargo aircraft access to Anchorage, AK.
As Wino correctly stated, the GOP will do almost anything possible, in order to hammer US unions-even cut off more than its nose, just to spite its face.
Never mind US jobs-the government must also be interested in major long-term loss of CRAF capability-the Civil Reserve Air Fleet. Such emergency airlift goes far beyond that which Air Force C-130s, C-141s, C-5s and C-17s and relatively few Navy/Marine planes can carry.
