Jim Webb: “Timely responses to questions from people appearing before this committee are an essential function of what we do up…”

If the government is so repressive that it deliberately kills its own people--that is the standard where you say that government no longer has validity--then it does not matter how powerful that government is.

I would like to take some time at this point to talk about some events in Asia. I think we all need to be paying very close attention to them. Before I do that, I would like to clarify my position on the vote we are going to be taking this…

I think if the administration had properly put the issue before the Congress, the likelihood is that it would have been supported.

I would like to emphasize my personal belief that this particular situation with respect to Virginia is historically unique.