Joseph Lieberman actually said...

"Yes. So my concern is--and you illustrate it--that there's tremendous demand in a lot of sections of the world for our maritime capabilities."

"It actually took quite a while for us to build the political will both here and in Europe to get involved there."

"I think perhaps of all the Arab Spring uprisings, this is the one that has the greatest prospect to succeed, but they need our help to do so."

"I have been really impressed by the transition they made. They had a good interim government. They held open, free, and fair elections."