10/11/2011
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"We should be taking actions ourselves. We are finally in a place where maybe--it is not for sure, of course--we will be dealing with some things as Congress."
"I know there has been a lot of discussion about productivity, and that has been going on for some time."
"I have always believed that it is important for Congress to exercise its constitutional role to authorize the use of force and that our country is better off when Congress clearly authorizes the wars ..."
"Now is not the time to retreat."