Jim Webb: “neither of them were brought for the formal consideration of Congress.”

we are about to wrap up the Defense bill. This is the sixth Defense bill I have had the privilege of working on as a member of the Armed Services Committee. It is also the final Defense bill I will be working on as a Member of the U.S…

I think if the administration had properly put the issue before the Congress, the likelihood is that it would have been supported.

Yesterday was a really incredible day. And I have said many times that that came about, in my view, largely because of the courage of two people.

So if Tiananmen occurred today with the Chinese Government rolling out tanks and killing hundreds, if not thousands, of its own people, that it would also fit the Panetta rule.