Jim Webb: “I would ask that be submitted and included in the record as well.”

There is no question for the United States that the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty obligation extends to the Senkakus.

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.

The disagreements over sovereignty and the potential for conflict have only increased.

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.