12/01/2009
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"North Korea is a threat and their pursuit of nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities should not be misinterpreted."
"we cannot take our influence in the region for granted and that our status as the partner of choice is difficult to maintain given the constraints such as limitation of our security assistance program..."
"We have the technology to counter the threat; we need to take the steps to field a layered ballistic missile defense in Korea which mitigates the risk to our assets and personnel."
"I disagree with that, and I will submit for the record evidence that it would have been 2015."