Randy Forbes: “President Obama has been clear that we will stand by our commitments to the Philippines, as we do any mutual defense…”

There is no legal authority to draw a big circle in the water a thousand miles long and then claim it as some sort of special zone or internal waters.

I am concerned that China's president and the Chinese Government may see President Obama's last few months as a window of opportunity for establishing an air defense identification zone [ADIZ], expanding reclamation activities to…

I also see an opportunity for a new administration to take a new and stronger stance on the South China Sea.

I am not really--there may be a lot of excuses for not getting there by 2020 for the Air Force, but I am not listening to excuses on the civilian side anymore.