03/27/2012
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"China's evolution has changed the regional economic balance, has enabled China to expand its political influence."
"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."