In other words, the market and its disciplines, which are significant, are only one of the tools for cost containment in discipline.

Senator Webb can speak to the transportation issues around, I will say that DOD has added enormously to the already horrible congestion in the NCR.

I was surprised, last year, at how little Tinian was being planned on--the use of Tinian is--29 square miles, most of it's uninhabited.

This is an issue that is extremely important to our relationship with Japan, as well as to the future of our presence in the Pacific.

I believe we need to move forward in a time-sensitive way with the situation on Okinawa and Guam.

we are supporting a movement yet to be fully defined and in my view in its attempt to overthrow a government which we still formally recognize.

I think it is very important in terms of how we address situations around the world.

I think Senator Corker had some good questions on that line that are bent on manipulating these sorts of movements that are otherwise well-intentioned.

So we have official diplomatic relations with the Qaddafi regime?

There certainly are other forces in Libya extremist groups including some who have fought in Afghanistan and elsewhere who we have been concerned about for a long time.

you have a reputation, well deserved, of being one of the finest diplomats in the State Department

It's difficult to say how quickly they will move forward with the succession process, but I think our advice to Pyongyang would be that, if they want the succession process to move forward smoothly, they should focus on responsible…

Well, at a time when we have had these sanctions in place, Beijing has made well more than $5 billion in direct investment without asking for any sort of political change inside the country.

You would agree, would you not, that sanctions from the outside affect the ability of a country to evolve economically and in other ways?

I would strongly agree with your summation on that.

A key part of your role as defined by the JADE Act is to consult with regional partners and others to coordinate policy.

We have urged Burma's senior leadership to abide by its own commitment to fully comply with U.N. Security Council Resolution 1874.

We haven't had an ambassador to Burma since 1990, how do you feel about this in terms of affecting your ability to engage the Government and the diplomatic representatives of other countries in Burma?