05/19/2010
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"If I am confirmed, what I would like to do is to make sure that the Congress and DOD see the relationship as not adversarial, but as working together toward a common goal."
"If confirmed, each of you will face, without question, enormous challenges in DOD."
"Without question, you have my support. But I thank you so much for what you have done already."
"It is imperative that we support our forward-deployed forces engaged in current operations but we must not overlook other important developments in the international system."