Chris Coons actually said...

Secretary Panetta said clearly at the last hearing we never give up our right to self-defense.

the real risk we face is letting others draw boundaries, set rules, and advance their economic interests without the United States having a ...

I just have to question your assertion that... U.S. accession to the Convention has become essential to the successful execution of the Navy...

So when we have successfully reasserted customary international law and leave a contested area, do these other nations sometimes then reasse...