Jim Webb: “It's very healthy for the military. It's very healthy for the country.”

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.

When you make that determination, you should be making it in the U.S. Congress not by one individual of whichever party who happens to be the President.

We look forward to the visit of President Thein Sein next week.

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