01/17/2017
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"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."
"Taiwan, along with Japan and South Korea, continues to be one of the strongest democratic partners of the United States in the Asia-Pacific region and serves as a model of freedom and democracy."