11/19/2013
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"I welcome the opportunity to work with Congress to meet our financial obligations."
"Our allies deserve better, especially after invoking Article 5 following the 9/11 attacks and fighting alongside our troops for more than 20 years."
"A hasty U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan threatens to squander our hard-fought gains there."
"it is our duty to press on with that."