Jim Webb: “I think that clearly China sees a stable Afghanistan as in their own security interests.”

I am committed to trying to make this policy work, at the same time to reduce the frictions that are causing it problems.

Senator Webb, your efforts with respect to Burma have played an essential role in this regard.

I would like to take some time at this point to talk about some events in Asia. I think we all need to be paying very close attention to them. Before I do that, I would like to clarify my position on the vote we are going to be taking this…

We do support the validity of internationally accepted Exclusive Economic Zones, those that are set out under basically agreed-upon international law.