President Obama and I agreed that we will continue to enhance and strengthen our combined defense capabilities, and at the same time, firmly respond to any threats or provocations from the North.

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The security of the manufacturing technology we are funding should be used to create American jobs and enhance our defense capabilities.

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"At a time when U.S. defense resources are declining and commitments are stretched, it would be a very costly mistake to enhance Soviet military capabilities by abandoning the no-exceptions policy, " Gaffney added.

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