01/14/2009
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"Hezbollah is now the dominant actor in the government of Lebanon."
"We face hard choices about the future of U.S. defense assistance to Lebanon after Hezbollah's use of coercion to become the dominant actor in the government."
"This has really been a--I hate to keep throwing around the word 'disgraceful,' but the cost overruns and delays have been unfortunately characteristic of a lot of our acquisition problems and challeng..."
"So you're not concerned about a complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq as far as logistics, intelligence, and training of an air force, or a navy? None of that is of concern?"