12/13/2011
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"The time is now, for this Senate to do what others have failed to do: ratify the Law of the Sea Convention."
"Joining the Convention and the 1994 Agreement that modifies its deep seabed mining provisions is a priority for the Department of State and for me personally."
"The Convention would also provide a stronger legal basis for some important activities such as stopping and boarding stateless vessels."
"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts."