09/09/2010
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"I stand with him; I stand with Nydia Velazquez and others who have taken leadership on this issue."
"Comprehensive immigration reform is difficult."
"Serving our country is not just something that we should expect our members of our Armed Forces to do, that's something that we should expect all of us as citizens to do."
"It's going to require a victory of practicality and common sense and good policymaking over short-term politics."