Those are basically tactical questions. It also affects issues of sovereignty. Those are strategic questions.

I think that the two most important factors right now from my own personal point of view would be to get as many people from the international community to interact with the average citizen on the street in a positive way...

I understand the administration's present policy.

I'm never going to be Cal Ripken anyway in terms of consecutive votes, so I guess if I'm going to miss one this is a good reason to be missing it.

I think that we are pretty good at working with opposition groups, as well we should be, in many parts of the world in order to help create a better understanding of democratic systems.

I think we should be more open-handed. I think we should move more quickly, not because I approve of the people who have run that government for the last 40 years, but because I want to see them ushered out the door more rapidly.

Just to be clear in our understanding, that conceivably could be done and still separate out the bad actors that you were discussing in your testimony?

I think that a number of people here in the political process tend to, quite frankly, overreact to the word 'sanctions' in terms of lifting sanctions.

Right. So they could be separated out if an Executive decision were made on these other areas you're talking about.

The subcommittee will come to order. This afternoon the East Asia and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee will examine U.S. policy toward Burma.

Secretary Yun, what's the position of the administration on the actions that the EU just took?