Jim Webb: “I think if the administration had properly put the issue before the Congress, the likelihood is that it would have been…”

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

I have been in a number of meetings where each of you took us to the woodshed about needing to try harder.

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.

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