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Mark Kelly: “A vast moat to protect us as long as we hold it . . . [a] protective shield for all of the Americas and all of the free…”

On the recordNovember 29, 2011
A vast moat to protect us as long as we hold it . . . [a] protective shield for all of the Americas and all of the free lands of the Pacific Ocean area, a chain of islands extending in an arc from the Aleutians to the Marianas held by us and our free allies, from this island chain, we can . . . prevent any hostile movement into the Pacific.
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Mark Kelly
Democratic · Arizona

Editor's note · Context

Kelly references General MacArthur's historical perspective on U.S. defense strategy in the Pacific.

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