01/12/2009
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"I don't understand why any country would be opposed to a solution that addressed the piracy issue."
"If you can feed people in that area of the world, you have an army."
"It's not going to go away. And unfortunately in this region, as I mentioned in my opening remarks, you have failed states, and other states are perhaps on the verge of failing."
"And we're trying to define those, and then for the more diplomatic problems, in terms of international law, of which we need to be cognizant."