06/24/2013
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"As a preeminent world leader, the United States is now engaged in a great power competition with China."
"If we collectively stand up against China, China will get the message in one sense, militarily."
"We are at a different time and place in history, with world powers juggling for preeminence."
"If we do not challenge them, they are going to continue to grow, and they have got their eyes on the Arctic now."