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Lee H. Hamilton

"U.S. officials and outside experts agree that China is undertaking a comprehensive modernization of its military. The Chinese military has gotten smaller but smarter."

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"U.S. officials and outside experts agree that China is undertaking a comprehensive modernization of its military. The Chinese military has gotten smaller but smarter."

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"Democracy makes us articulate our views, defend them, and refine them."
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"So much of our attention is trained on the Middle East these days, but we cannot ignore East Asia."
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"Events often move faster than our ability to comprehend them."
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"This nation is never finished. It has to be re-created in each generation."
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"One half of the world's people live on less than two dollars a day. This should concern our national security policy as well as our conscience."
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"Addressing global resentment cannot be put off. If we do not learn to use our predominant power with great restraint, we will antagonize the world."
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"You'll remember Dr. Rice said that several times: It was not a warning about the place and the method and the time - it was a general warning. And that points out the imperfection, if you would, of our intelligence."
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"But in the end our government usually - not unfailingly - is responsive to the people; and usually - not always - will try to do what is right."
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"Our democracy is not a product but a continual process. It is preserved not by monuments but deeds. Sometimes it needs refining; sometimes it needs amending; sometimes it needs defending. Always, it needs improving."
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