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Jim Webb
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[-added]: Congress has yet to officially receive the Marine Corps' plan. The independent study is mandated by law to be provided by the end of March, with the defense secretary further obligated to report his findings to the Congress within 90 days of receiving the study,
japantimes 09-FEB-12
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[ said]: To reach our goal to be the leader in performance running by 2020, we need partners who share our passion for running and an appreciation for our Run Happy spirit,
japantoday 04-FEB-12
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[ said]: I don’t see in the near future an American base in Vietnam, but we have seen much more increased military cooperation,
ruvr 26-JAN-12
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[ says]: It sounds very corporate but it seems to me that Google spend a lot of time on performance reviews, they take them very seriously,
nzherald 24-JAN-12
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[ said]: It is important to continue to build on these efforts,
irrawaddy 17-JAN-12
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[-said]: During this transitional period, we should take advantage of all of the tools at our disposal to facilitate Burmese economic development, political reconciliation, and ultimately greater progress toward democratic governance,
irrawaddy 17-JAN-12
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[ said]: It was incredibly inspirational to watch the race today and see such amazing performances on both the men's and women's side,
finanznachrichten 15-JAN-12
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[ said]: This is one of the most favored spots for young people in the South, they are coming from all directions and it's a great thing for Nashville,
newschannel5 31-DEC-11
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[ said]: Overall in the marketplace you are seeing a tightening,
newschannel5 31-DEC-11
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[-said]: And I took it,
trust 22-DEC-11
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[ said]: I have gone back over the last 2 days again and again, reading these sections against each other -- 1031 and 1032 particularly -- and I am very concerned about how this language would be interpreted, not in the here and now, as we see the stability we have brought to our country since 9/11, but what if something were to happen and we would be under more of a sense of national emergency and this language would be interepreted for broader action,
ibtimes 20-DEC-11
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[-said]: I have spent a good bit of time working on that issue—as with a number of other issues in East Asia and Southeast Asia—and I am really gratified to see what has been happening with Secretary Clinton over the past year and a half or so and this administration stepping up to reestablish the validity of the United States in this part of the world,
irrawaddy 22-NOV-11
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[ said]: It is in our national interest and in the interest of stability in the Southeast Asian region for us to bring Burma back into the international community in a positive way,
irrawaddy 22-NOV-11
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[-added]: Burma is now in the midst of a key transitional period that has yielded greater opportunities for interaction with government leaders and civil society, and restructuring of government and military institutions,
geo 18-NOV-11
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[ said]: If we or you indeed want the country to have the patience with respect to fighting a long war, it is going to be even more important to define very clearly what is the vital national interest in terms of our current operations in Afghanistan,
voanews 05-OCT-11
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[-said]: In reauthorizing this legislation, it should be noted that the 2003 Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act gives the president the authority to waive the prohibitions on any or all imports from Burma if doing so is in the national interest of the United States,
irrawaddy 13-SEP-11
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[ said]: There are clear indications of a new openness from the government, and the US should be prepared to adjust our policy toward Burma accordingly,
irrawaddy 13-SEP-11
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[ said]: The United States and the global community have a strategic interest in preserving the health and well-being of the more than 60 million people who depend on the Mekong River,
irrawaddy 08-JUL-11
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[ said]: Opening up and expanding Virginia's offshore resources to responsible natural gas and oil exploration holds significant promise for boosting needed domestic energy production, while bolstering the Commonwealth's economy,
javno 07-JUL-11
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[ said]: A growing number of nations around the South China Sea are now voicing serious concerns about China's pattern of intimidation. These nations include Vietnam and the Philippines, as well as countries such as Singapore that do not have a stake in the territorial disputes,
upi 28-JUN-11
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[-said]: in a peaceful manner, respecting the sovereignty of all claimants.
upi 28-JUN-11
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[ said]: A growing number of nations around the South China Sea are now voicing serious concerns about China's pattern of intimidation,
EgyptianGazette 28-JUN-11
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[-said]: even under the NATO fig leaf,
reuters 28-JUN-11
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[ said]: contorted definition of hostilities,
reuters 28-JUN-11
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[-said]: The decisions announced today (at the two-plus-two meeting) with respect to basing realignments were predictable,
japantimes 22-JUN-11
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[ adding that]: He’s with my opponent. He’s following us around everywhere. And it’s just great,
news 17-JUN-11
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[-said]: Spending a billion dollars and dropping bombs on people sounds like hostilities to me,
newschannel5 16-JUN-11
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[ said]: That does not mean military confrontation, per se, but we have to make a clear signal,
kuwaittimes 15-JUN-11
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[-said]: I'm pretty confident that we're going to have some specific language in the authorization addressing the way forward on this,
channelnewsasia 14-JUN-11
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[ said]: We need to send a very clear signal to the Chinese,
trust 13-JUN-11
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[-said]: International terrorism and guerrilla warfare in general is intrinsically mobile. I fought a guerrilla war in Vietnam,
AP 09-JUN-11
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[-says]: It's just going to take longer than that,
AP 25-MAY-11
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[-says]: I think it's going to generate the technology that's going to make a difference for this country far beyond space,
AP 25-MAY-11
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[-said]: He did indicate that he was very open to solutions that might move the process forward,
asahi 22-MAY-11
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[-said]: If the United States comes up with an alternate plan, then that would be the time to have a discussion.
asahi 22-MAY-11
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[-was asked]: Another thing about Kadena is it's 11,500 acres, and 6,000 acres of that is an ammunition storage area. You could conceivably reduce the size of that ammunition storage area, particularly if you move Air Force assets out and return some of that land to the Okinawan people.
asahi 22-MAY-11
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[-said]: We're not talking about adding on at Kadena,
asahi 22-MAY-11
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[-said]: I fully understand why they don't want to be discussing two or three plans at the same time,
asahi 22-MAY-11
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[-said]: There is an inherent contradiction in planning to increase the number of US military family members in South Korea when there is the real potential that a destabilizing security situation in North Korea could unfold rapidly and unpredictably,
news 11-MAY-11
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[ said]: Numerous scientific studies have concluded that construction of the Xayaburi dam and other proposed mainstream dams will have devastating environmental, economic, and social consequences for the entire Mekong sub-region,
upi 19-APR-11
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[ said]: This is the worst threat we’ve ever had because the economic climate is so bad for everything else,
IHT 12-APR-11
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[-said]: If you compare the stability in Singapore to the United States, with its estimated 20 million illegals, many of whom came here through human trafficking, what's going on?
ChinaPost 09-APR-11
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[-said]: I think we all support the intentions of the State Department to prevent trafficking and to assist victims. However, our engagement with Asia is in danger of being hindered by the approach of this report,
ChinaPost 09-APR-11
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[ said]: I hope we will have the opportunity to vote on this measure within the next day or so,
IHT 01-APR-11
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[ said]: We began a military action at the same time that we don't have a clear diplomatic policy, or a clear foreign policy when it comes to what's going on in Libya,
AP 23-MAR-11
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[-said]: Do we know what their intentions would be? Would they be able to govern if they were to succeed? And the answer is we don't really know,
AP 23-MAR-11
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[ added]: We have been sort of on autopilot for almost 10 years now in terms of presidential authority in conducting these type of military operations absent the meaningful participation of the Congress,
montrealgazette 22-MAR-11
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[-said]: a very clear obligation now to come forward to the American people and to the Congress and state clearly what they believe the end point of this should be,
montrealgazette 22-MAR-11
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[ says]: Perhaps we can remove sections of it and have it fit in better with the Akron grid system and offer an economic benefit by making land available,
npr 21-MAR-11
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[-says]: I've enjoyed my time in the Senate; anybody who has a sense of history can't help but feel a special pain when you think about leaving the Senate,
npr 13-MAR-11
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[-says]: I think we have done some pretty amazing things. We have been the principle office in the country with respect to criminal justice reform; we have been the number-one office in the Congress with respect to reestablishing our relationships with East Asia, other than China, which has been vital,
npr 13-MAR-11
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[ said]: It was clear at the outset that neither proposal would pass,
washtimes 10-MAR-11
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[-said]: This issue is one of the most serious problems in our relationship with the Japanese and also in Japanese domestic priorities. You can see the turbulence it has put at the very top of the Japanese government because we have not yet resolved (the Futenma) issue,
japantimes 10-MAR-11
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[ said]: I am of the opinion that it is not a good idea to give weapons and military support to people who you do not know,
thestar 10-MAR-11
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[said:]: The concerns that I have is that if we are funding programmes that they otherwise would be funding or they are able to take that money in order to increase their nuclear arsenal, it's not a healthy situation for the region and for us, in my view
indiatimes 02-MAR-11
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[-said]: The report's specific recommendations to address the federal government's overreliance on contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan and failure to control the process underscore the importance of the Commission's charter,
cnn 25-FEB-11
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[-wrote]: I am writing to restate my concern that no US funds appropriated for assistance to Pakistan be used to support, expand, or assist the Government of Pakistan in the development of its nuclear weapons. Absent clear assurances that this is not the case, I will feel compelled to re-introduce the amendment I offered in 2009,
economictimes 19-FEB-11
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[-said]: Recent press reports on Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme are troubling,
economictimes 19-FEB-11
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[-said]: We're going to get it done,
newschannel5 12-FEB-11
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[-said]: My view of this is kind of old school. The way this place was designed, the Senate was sort of the gathering of the citizen-legislators, people who could bring experience from other areas into the national debate,
newschannel5 12-FEB-11
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[-said]: We spent a lot of time thinking about it,
newschannel5 12-FEB-11
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[-said]: I think I've given our country and the people who elected me exactly what I told them I would give them. I've given them a full measure of my devotion for six full years,
newschannel5 12-FEB-11
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