Mazie Hirono actually said...

"I think it was important for Secretary Mattis to visit Japan and South Korea as his first official secretarial duties."

"So there could not be a single, more important signal of United States staying power in the region than something like APSI that is investing in the things that constitute the United States security p..."

"But our credibility is our currency. So the minute you undertake actions that undermine credibility, that has a profound effect in the region in terms of how we are perceived."

"I think those two questions are completely connected to each other in the sense that our effectiveness in being able to get China to do more, or to signal to North Korea the credibility of our deterre..."