"we have a serious vulnerability in our relationship with China that feeds a lot of the anxieties on these other issues"
"China's evolution has changed the regional economic balance, has enabled China to expand its political influence."
"They believe they have economic issues that are at risk because of the imbalance."
"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 other topic brings into light the enormous and complex challenges facing the United States in Asia."
"I would say the jury is probably out, but the data points seem to be there."
"Strategy is like birth control, that the possibility of an incident increases if you cease to take the necessary precautions."
"Gentlemen, I appreciate your coming today, your testimony was very valuable, and we will be following this issue very closely over the coming months."
"We are a resident--a territorial--we have territory in the western Pacific, and we are a resident power."
"I would say that--frankly, I think there's a great concern in the Vietnam Government about this."
"the proposal to extend the time to build nuclear-powered aircraft carriers from 4 to 5 years will lead to a force of 10 operational aircraft carriers by 2040."