Jim Webb actually said...

I think what we want to try to accomplish is to have a base or military presence that makes sense.

This is, indirectly, a sovereignty issue. Water, that is the availability of water in that region, can become a national security issue too ...

We would be remiss if we did not recognize that there has been dramatic improvement in this area over the years.

All parties have good reasons to make concessions. None of them can afford to watch Burma descend further into isolation and desperation and...