Jim Webb actually said...

A key part of your role as defined by the JADE Act is to consult with regional partners and others to coordinate policy.

I would strongly agree with your summation on that.

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

You would agree, would you not, that sanctions from the outside affect the ability of a country to evolve economically and in other ways?