Visiting U.S. Sen. Jim Webb, left, is greeted by Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva during their meeting Monday, Aug. 17, 2009 at the government house in Bangkok, Thailand. Webb, of Virginia, who currently on a tour to Southeast Asian countries and who secured the release of ailing American, John Yettaw who was spared a seven-year prison sentence in Myanmar. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 months ago

Visiting U.S. Sen. Jim Webb, left, is greeted by Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva during their meeting Monday, Aug. 17, 2009 at the government house in Bangkok, Thailand. Webb, of Virginia, who currently on a tour to Southeast Asian countries and who secured the release of ailing American, John Yettaw who was spared a seven-year prison sentence in Myanmar.

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  1. Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., center, talks to committee chairman Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., right, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009, during the committee's hearing on Afghanistan. At left is Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.
  2. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 02: Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) (L) listens to testimony during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, December 2, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on President Barack Obamas plan to send more troops to Afghanistan.
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  4. Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds, center, makes fist bump with Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., right, during his last campaign stop at Market Square, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, in Alexandria, Va. Campaigning with Deeds are his candidate for attorney general Steve Shannon, second right, his candidate for lieutenant governor Jody Wagner, and Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., back far left.
  5. Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, followed by Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., steps out of an elevator as she makes her way to the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009, for a vote, one day after siding with Democrats on a crucial Senate Finance Committee vote on the health care reform bill.
  6. US Senator Jim Webb leads a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on 'US Policy Toward Burma: It's Impact and Effectivenesson' on September 30, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
  7. Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (L) greets U.N. Development Programme Administrator Helen Clark at the Foreign Ministry in Bangkok October 5, 2009. Clark was attending the launch of the 2009 Human Development Report titled "Overcoming Barriers; Human Mobility and Development".
  8. Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, right, greets back to a victim of the train derailment at a hospital in Hua Hin, Prachuabkirikhant province, sothern Thailand Monday, Oct. 5, 2009. A train derailed during heavy rains Monday near Thailand's coastal city of Hua Hin, killing at least 10 people, including a 2-year-old girl, and injuring 88 others, officials said.
  9. Gilles Simon (L) of France talks with Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (R) during a trophy ceremony following the ATP Thailand Open tennis tournament in Bangkok on October 4, 2009. Simon used his experience to defeat Serb Viktor Troicki 7-5, 6-3 at the Thailand Open, winning his first title of the season.
  10. Gilles Simon (R) of France recieves his trophy from Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (L) during a ceremony following the ATP Thailand Open tennis tournament in Bangkok on October 4, 2009. Simon used his experience to defeat Serb Viktor Troicki 7-5, 6-3 at the Thailand Open, winning his first title of the season.
  11. Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (R) stands next to Russian tennis player Marat Safin (L) during the opening ceremony of ATP Thailand Open tennis tournament in Bangkok on October 1, 2009. Gilles Simon of France tested his chronic sore knee with a 6-2, 6-2 defeat of American Kevin Kim while retiring Russian Marat Safin ticked up another tournament loss Thursday as he winds down his career at the Thailand Open.
  12. U.N. Climate chief Yvo de Boer, left, and Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, right, look on prior to the start of the opening session of the U.N. climate talks Monday, Sept. 28, 2009, in Bangkok, Thailand.
  13. UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer (L) sits next to Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (R) during the opening of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bangkok on September 28, 2009. UN negotiations for a global climate treaty resumed in Bangkok amid fears that delegates will fail to agree on a draft text ahead of December's crucial showdown in Copenhagen.
  14. Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva arrives at the opening session of the Bangkok Climate Change Talks September 28, 2009. The Bangkok talks, part of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), run to October 9 and will aim to draft a long-term cooperative action to fight against global warming.

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