We have this rising nation China. And one of the things we want to do is make sure that China's neighbors are actually bound to us, bound to the Unit…

- Michael W. Michalak

In the South China Sea and underneath the South China Sea, of course, there's a lot of raw materials. There are very rich fishing grounds there, so t…

- Michael W. Michalak

Vietnam is no longer a war, it's a country. I think that that's very important to understand. And the Vietnamese - last time a poll was taken, somewh…

- Michael W. Michalak

We can choose our friends, but we can't choose our neighbors.

- Michael W. Michalak

For a thousand years, Vietnam was a part of China. And that thousand years is punctuated throughout by rebellions from Vietnam.

- Michael W. Michalak

And I think that Vietnameese see the United States as a source of markets, as a source of technology and as a source of this balancing power relation…

- Michael W. Michalak

From the United States, Vietnam is looking for two things. One of them is a very stable and continuing to expand economic relationship. Secondly, the…

- Michael W. Michalak