07/07/2016
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"the United States' commitment to a peaceful and on-time referendum on Southern Sudanese self-determination"
"That is what the President has directed, that is what the American people rightly expect and deserve."
"I am persistent."
"I concluded that a two-year freeze in the upward statutory adjustment of pay schedules is a necessary first step in our effort to address the challenge of our fiscal reality."