02/12/2013
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"There was not any dialogue among the region or among the neighbors."
"I do not think a conflict or a crisis with China is inevitable. I do not think it is."
"I think, as I was hearing your testimony, you were indicating that China is pretty rapidly chewing away any dominance that we might have in the region."
"It is also a statutory requirement, 10 U.S.C. 5062(b). It is a congressional statutory policy as well."