09/22/2010
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"We run the risk, as I mentioned to General Petraeus and General McChrystal, of allowing our success to be defined by something that's never happened before, something that we can't totally control, wh..."
"As a maritime nation, we should improve the quality and strength of our seapower."
"In our current strategic environment, these commitments can affect force structure in the short-term but really not play out to our national advantage in the long-term."
"You have written in the past, that you believe that there should be a residual force in Iraq of approximately 60,000 American military, do you still believe that?"