Jim Webb: “I very strongly endorse what our State Department is doing, pursuing the two-state solution with both sides.”

It is imperative that the United States policy be based on a clear set of principles that everyone here at home and in the region can understand.

I think we really need to work here in the Congress on having a clear, objective methodology that everyone can understand around the world.

There is no question for the United States that the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty obligation extends to the Senkakus.

Thank you, Mr. President. I thank the Parliamentarian for that clarification. (The remarks of Mr. Webb pertaining to the introduction of S. 3372 are located in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions.'')