02/13/2012
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"I just hope that you recognize, all five of you, that we are in a situation that, certainly in my 20 years in the U.S. Senate and on this committee, I have never seen a more stressed time, in terms of..."
"In fact, I would give another quote of the second man down, Admiral Winnefeld. He said there could be a time, for the first time in his career, of instances where we will be asked to respond to a cris..."
"A war is a war, and I think we're going to have to elevate the threat that we're talking about in this committee."
"If Iran seizes this opportunity and chooses to join the global community, then we can chip away at the distrust that exists."