03/13/2017
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"Now, do you support the Jones Act and the Cargo Preference Act as being vital to national security?"
"What has happened in a year to cause you to go from a request of two ships to 24?"
"Our challenge is to be able to disprove the false narrative that Russia peddles in the region, that the United States is withdrawing, that we are not a reliable partner."
"I believe it ought to be."