And we're doing this because Secretary Gates and I both know that we can't build the 21st century military we need unless we fundamentally reform the way our defense establishment does business.

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He came up behind me with a beer, and we were both drunk, and, I don't know, we just talked for a few minutes, and we were just happy and there'd just been a loud rock concert.

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"I think we know the situation in domestic football in both Poland and Ukraine and I'm afraid the documentary hit the nail on the head -- it's a very bad situation, " he said.

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She will always be important to me because she is the mother of my children, and I know that we will both always make our daughters our (hash)1 priority.

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She balks when I mention it, but we both know her balking is politeness, not an argument with the truth.

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We still have -- and I think you know many of them -- we have many challenges in both security and governance.

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We don't seek military confrontation, but we are prepared to defend ourselves if the need arises and I think people know that what I say is both measured and serious.

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