Joseph Lieberman actually said...

I urge you to please be as direct as you need to be with us about what you need financially to really develop the two-stage GBI as a hedge.

The United States intends to continue improving and deploying its missile defense systems in order to defend itself against limited attack.

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.