09/19/2012
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"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."
"NATO expansion originally started out as being very much about creating a Europe that's whole and free."
"I would hope that we could proceed forward in a very careful way, in terms of making any more mandatory obligations as to where our military would be used."
"As a maritime nation, we should improve the quality and strength of our seapower."