09/22/2010
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"We should start with the recognition that secure international conditions are inherently fragile."
"Our Nation is also attempting to address a national debt situation that limits our policy options."
"Let me ask a final question, this one regarding the budget for Pakistan."
"It is challenging, as you say, but it is critical in terms of maintaining the confidence of the American people in appropriations of this size with Pakistan and Afghanistan."