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I worry that the Iranians in the near term are going to start once again doing things.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
Obviously we hope it makes the choice of one that is cooperative with the system of security which has served this region for so long.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Obviously we hope it makes the choice of one that is cooperative with the system of security which has served this region so well for so long.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It’s long standing, it is, we say, ironclad, they have a new government there and we look forward to working with them, talking with them about our alliance, about security affairs in the region.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Both are stark reminders that North Korea is an upclose, dangerous and continuing threat to the security of the peninsula and the region.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
General Campbell will take whatever actions he thinks are appropriate.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The situation there is confused and complicated. So it may take some time to get the facts but we will get the facts and we will be full and transparent about sharing them.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We do know that American air assets ... were engaged in the Kunduz vicinity, and we do know that the structures that -- you see in the news -- were destroyed, i just can't tell you what the connection is at this time.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
He noted that defeating (Islamic State militants) and ensuring a political transition are objectives that need to be pursued at the same time.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I've been pushing the Pentagon to think outside our five-sided box and invest in innovation here in Silicon Valley and in tech communities across the country.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
This is an emerging technology that takes advanced flexible materials for circuits, communications, sensors and power and combines them with thinned silicon chips to ultimately produce the next generation of electronic products.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
If confirmed, I will work with the chairman and other services to revalidate the appropriate number of aircraft the Navy requires to meet the mission.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We're certainly committed to providing intelligence support and advice and assist support. With respect to introducing more forces on the ground with them, that is something that we will I think need to revisit as those forces are actually produced, our role is to be an enabler, a motivator, the chairman used the word leadership, not a substitute for a capable ground force, but an enabler of a ground force.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
We hope relevant countries will work together in the same direction to build the South China Sea into a sea of peace, friendship and co-operation.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The 12 nautical miles that I think you’re referring to does not pertain to features that were submerged and now are no longer submerged.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The new facts are the reclamation and the scale on which it is being done, and that's not an American fact, that's a Chinese fact.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We've been flying over the South China Sea for years and years and years, and ... will continue to do that: fly, navigate, operate. So that's not a new fact, the new facts are the reclamation and the scale on which it is being done, and that's not an American fact, that's a Chinese fact.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
That doesn't mean that we don't continue to take steps to protect ourselves. We have to do it in a different way, but we do and we are.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
It is intended ... clearly to rule out the kind of campaign we waged in Iraq and Afghanistan because we don't foresee that kind of campaign is necessary.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
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