Author: John B. Bellinger III, Adjunct Senior Fellow for International and National Security Law
June 14, 2012
In his testimony before the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, John Bellinger agues that the Law of the Sea Convention is beneficial to the United States military, especially during a time of armed conflict, because it provides clear treaty-based navigational rights for our Navy, Coast Guard, and aircraft.
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