04/24/2013
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"the more friends we have in Asia, I think the better able we are going to be able to nudge China in a more positive direction."
"is it going to be for good or is it going to be for ill?"
"We cannot do new starts, we cannot get into cyber protection, the very thing you hold dear, because we do not have the ability to do so under continuing resolutions, 9 out of the last 10 years."
"So to sit here and say, you know, we are going to stand up, spend all this money on defense because it would just be wrong to prioritize other things is patently absurd and insulting."