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On the recordMay 4, 2009
It does have costs. We have to find a way to increase the responsibility of the private shipping business to self-protect here.
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Joe Lieberman
Independent · Connecticut

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Lieberman emphasizes the costs of military involvement in piracy and the need for private sector responsibility.

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