03/27/2012
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"This military buildup on Guam is viewed as permanently anchoring the U.S. in the region, and cementing our resident power status."
"We are a resident--a territorial--we have territory in the western Pacific, and we are a resident power."
"We tend to take these incidents as isolated incidents, and we resolve the incident, and then we dismiss it, and we say things are fine."
"No action that China has taken will stop us, or has stopped us, from continuing to pursue those activities that we see in our strategic interests."