07/11/2016
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"I am having a hard time seeing why it is that a country like the United States that has used its power, its blood, and its treasure to protect navigation all over the world for 200 years has to, in or..."
"The United States officially does not take positions on sovereignty issues with respect to territorial and maritime disputes in the East and South China Sea."
"More than $5 trillion worth of international trade traverses the South China Sea annually."
"I would take issue with one aspect of what you said, though, that regardless of what benefits you might see from this, I would not say that signing onto a treaty is without any cost on our part withou..."