I would just caution. There are cyber criminals that you point out are trying to steal--cyber theft.

Do you both agree with the assessment that was given by the last panel that the transfer of the wartime military command in the Republic of Korea to Korea from the United States--that there is not a risk factor looking at what is happening…

we should not be apologetic about that

we have to be consistent

I think it has been extremely helpful in understanding the challenges of our policies in this region.

I fully agree with that. As we deal with security issues in countries, we should be always promoting good governance values.

I do not think personally we can go to IMET or E-IMET with a country like Burma, or Myanmar, right now.

This is our second hearing on the Rebalance to Asia policy.

I would appreciate it if you could also just tell us how sincere you believe the Chinese would be.

The fortunes of the United States and our people are inextricably tied to the Asia-Pacific region.

Clearly, intellectual property and cyber are security issues. There is no question about it.

I actually believe the region would be more stable and more peaceful if the United States has the capability and the commitment to live up to its security obligations.

the United States has long been a Pacific power and I think it is critical that we continue to strengthen our existing alliances with Australia, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and we help these partners also strengthen their relationships to…

It is reasonable for us to insist upon mechanisms to improve good governance as the price of admission for a military-to-military operation.

This hearing will deal with the defense and security challenges in the East Asia-Pacific region.

we need to, at the Presidential level and the Congress, make it clear to Beijing that that bipartisan consensus in American foreign policy continues

It is very clear that this administration is committed to the rebalance in Asia, meaning a stronger U.S. presence in that region on security issues.

It seems to me that that region is going to be looking at that conference to judge the sincerity of the United States rebalancing strategy as far as security issues in Asia.