Jim Webb: “We will continue to size and shape the force through all necessary means while retaining an intrinsic value that…”

So to my staff, a heartfelt thanks, and to each of those who have served with us, I say again, thank you for your contributions to our staff and, most importantly, to our country. And I say also again that I will continue to expect great…

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I ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Virginia.

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