Jim Webb actually said...

This is, indirectly, a sovereignty issue. Water, that is the availability of water in that region, can become a national security issue too ...

But I think you would agree that there are differences between responses generated directly from your office...

I personally have had strong concerns over many years about territorial claims in the South China Sea by the Chinese.

We are very sympathetic in this regard to Vietnamese concerns, and we will be watching, very closely, in the run up to the next Mekong River...