10/11/2011
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"Either you are there as a part of it or you are left out, and I learned those things that are being emphasized in this hearing as well."
"But if someone comes up and they are challenging your authority and your rights... we would then be letting the United Nations settle that dispute?"
"Do we at that point rely on the United Nations in order to settle disputes then within that context?"
"we must struggle as hard as we can to make sure that the Arctic is an area that reflects cooperation rather than military confrontation"