How can you even assert that when you are not even--have acceded to the Law of the Seas Convention?
Leon Panetta: “How can you even assert that when you are not even--have acceded to the Law of the Seas Convention?”
On the recordMay 22, 2012
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Panetta discusses challenges faced due to U.S. non-participation in maritime law conventions.
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