i undetand there's philosoplssues butgain people don't go into these jobs and say, ge if the union doesn't do this, i'm not going to keep the public safe. do you have that feeling that they would do that? >> well, i really don't have that nse, senator. obviously coming from my, you know, 27 years athe fbi, nonunion collective bargaining. >>ou've worked as an fbi -- >> all the time. task forces acrosshe country. >> you probably cannot tell me which ones are union or not union? >> someare. some aren't. >> you could probably tell me would are the best officers. >> sure. >> it's irrelevant if they belonged to a bargaining union or not because that nevernters thediscussion. >> that's fair. >> i apologize. i had no interest in talng about is issue. again, as a mayor who managed public safety officers, i can tell you, again, tir nber one goal is to keep t public fe >> right. >> period. so j take little exception to the debate that just went on. lete get to ver specific alaskanssues i i can...