05/12/2009
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"If China engages in a cyber attack upon the United States, do you believe it is legitimate under the Law of War for the United States to respond in kind?"
"If the People's Liberation Army of China is engaged in cyber attacks against this country to steal our defense infrastructure, our trade secrets, our national security information, would you consider ..."
"From a military commander's point of view, if our Nation is being attacked in a cyber fashion against our defense infrastructure, do you consider that a hostile act?"
"It is three times longer than it took to build the Panama Canal itself."