Jim Webb: “I would assume that Secretary Panetta also supports this process that Secretary Gates put into play?”

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.

I respectfully ask the Committee to work with me to bring this legislation to the Senate floor.

I got the same answer from Admiral Locklear, commander in chief of PACOM, during an open line telephone conversation on July 28.

The federal recognition process has been fraught with challenges that need to be addressed.