04/27/2009
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"I have the greatest confidence in your ability and your principles."
"To me, it is, after all is said and done, the first responsibility of our National Government, which is to protect our security."
"I, too, have felt that the no-fly zone ought to be under active consideration, premised on a request from the opposition."
"I thought the President made not only a correct, but a courageous decision in 2009 in deciding to raise the number of our forces in Afghanistan by 30,000 plus."