Richard Lugar actually said...

"The only way to protect that outside of this is to accede to the treaty."

"How, Secretary Panetta, would you begin to describe the military problem here?"

"Despite the unanimous vote in the Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Bill Frist, then the majority leader, declined to bring the Convention up in the Senate."

"The Navy is telling us that U.S. membership in the Law of the Sea Convention is a tool that they need to maximize their ability to protect United States national security with the least risk to the me..."