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Randy Forbes: “There is no legal authority to draw a big circle in the water a thousand miles long and then claim it as some sort of…”

On the recordSeptember 20, 2016
There is no legal authority to draw a big circle in the water a thousand miles long and then claim it as some sort of special zone or internal waters.
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Randy Forbes
Virginia

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Forbes argues against China's claims in the South China Sea.

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