07/23/2019
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"My responsibility is to ensure the President has a powerful, lethal, and ready military force in the Indo-Asia-Pacific in the event the other instruments of national power, specifically diplomatic and..."
"I do not have what I need today against the current threats."
"As I said earlier, I do not think that it poses too much of a difficulty for a Nation like the United States."
"I think that sends a powerful signal of solidarity with our South Korean ally."