03/09/2010
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"I would assume that Secretary Panetta also supports this process that Secretary Gates put into play?"
"So essentially in terms of how this process works inside DOD, you have a statutory ceiling in terms of the number of flags that can be allocated among the Services. Is that correct?"
"I've often said that Northeast Asia is the only place in the world where the interests of China, Russia, Japan, and the United States directly intersect."
"I believe that if you can go from the facts, you can have a better discussion of what the policy discussions should be."