03/04/2013
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"A flexible mix of sea and land-based capabilities offers important deterrent and warfighting attributes."
"we want you to know we are 100 percent behind you, that we will do everything we can to provide you with all you need"
"Russia has destabilized borders in both these countries, and I am concerned about the impact that has had on the ability to smuggle nuclear material."
"Russia has indicated through its words and its exercises that it sees the use of tactical nuclear weapons to supposedly deescalate a conflict as a realistic option."