01/14/2009
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"My primary job if I'm confirmed as a combatant commander, will be to make sure our forces are ready to respond today, but I'll have a secondary job, is to advocate for capabilities to respond to futur..."
"I don't see any diminution of that."
"The President proposes and the Congress disposes. I understand your point about the Commander in Chief. This administration has done more to ignore the Congress of the United States than any administr..."
"I believe it's essential that we go faster in our responses."