07/14/2011
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"Cutting a $6 billion deal with a leading State sponsor of terrorism... is in my judgment foolish and only incentivizes more hostage taking."
"These hostages must be released immediately and unconditionally."
"We need to reaffirm our ties with the Philippines. They have been generous to allow us to utilize the Philippines for purposes of force protection."
"Let me be clear, aggression against the Philippines is aggression against the United States of America."