Joseph Lieberman actually said...

We've been providing security for sea lines of communication that are moving over a trillion dollars of commerce per year.

We seek a constructive, obviously a peaceful, relationship with them, but we also have both historic presence in the Asia Pacific region.

State-sponsored WMD programs and extremists seeking to acquire such weapons pose a grave threat to our allies and interests.

Military-to-military discussions with Russia, as well as China, are important.