10/12/2011
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"the idea that we are the substitute for that strategy is just not going to work."
"I hardly think Secretary Panetta was saying that our Air Force is now at the level of 1915 and our Navy at 1940."
"My friend from Pennsylvania, Mr. Kelly, is so articulate and so persuasive, he almost persuaded me that we are a third-rate power in the world."
"If you want an honest investigation of this tragedy, we will join you. But if you want to persist in trying to somehow to put this, lay this at the doorstep of the President or the Secretary of State ..."