Jim Webb: “So it would be your view that the Secretary of Defense has the authority under the legislative umbrella to declare that…”

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

We have had a lot of discussion over the last 6 years about the so-called pivot to Asia. I will say as someone who has spent a great deal of time in and out of east Asia that this pivot was heavily influenced by the actions, again, taken…

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

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 2985