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On the recordMay 4, 2009
I understand that if we were to put embarked military security on ships at certain points that there's a wider group of international associations that would be comfortable with that, but that's not what I'm talking about.
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Jim Webb
Democratic · Virginia

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Webb clarifies his stance on military security on ships and international consensus.

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