Joseph Lieberman actually said...

"I do not like because it suggests we have not been in the Asia-Pacific and we are going to turn our back presumably on the Middle East where we have been."

"We as a Nation, we as a military, we conform to the basic premises that are inside the Law of the Sea today."

"I believe that the Chinese and other people in that part of the world need to recognize that we do have U.S. national interests there."

"This is of grave concern to the maritime industry in Connecticut, as well as Submarine Base New London, since failure to complete an SEIS would have effectively shuttered our two existing dredged mate..."