07/20/2011
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"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."
"I think the key thing is to implement the SOFA, and to reduce our role and our numbers there."
"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."