04/13/2015
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"Thank you for working with the committee last year as we have an, obviously, high degree of member interest."
"Again, I think we learned again the harm recently when the Hague Convention denied the U.S. request to intervene on the Philippine claims in the South China Sea."
"I find that kind of striking because yesterday your colleague, Admiral Harris, made precisely the same recommendation."
"The testimony we have had just in the last 2 days from two of our major combatant commanders... has really underscored the seapower challenges."