08/02/2010
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"I think the President has acted wisely in nominating both of you and I look forward to supporting your nominations."
"This is another classic case of how you sometimes run the risk of taking your best friends for granted."
"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."