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Chris Coons: There are real benefits to the United States in terms of navigational rights I would like to focus on.

On the recordMay 22, 2012
There are real benefits to the United States in terms of navigational rights I would like to focus on.
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware

Editor's note · Context

Argues for the advantages of the Law of the Sea treaty for U.S. navigational rights.

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