Unclos Key to Increasing Navigational Freedom
Texas Review of Law & Politics › Vol. 12 Nbr. 2, April 2008
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As an admirer of James Madison, I am proud to be a conservative. And as a conservative, I am proud to support the President's call for the Senate to act favorably on the Law of the Sea Convention.1 While I differ with my colleagues, Baker Spring and Frank Gaffney, on some other issues-particularly their excellent work in relation to missile defense-I am an admirer of their work.
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Unclos Key to Increasing Navigational Freedom
As an admirer of James Madison, I am proud to be a conservative. And as a conservative, I am proud to support the President's call for the Senate to act favorably on the Law of the Sea Convention.1 While I differ with my colleagues, Baker Spring and Frank Gaffney, on some other issues-particularly their excellent work in relation to missile defense-I am an admirer of their work.
My conservative credentials were earned the hard way: as the principal academic supporting the lawfulness of United States' assistance to South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.2 My conservative credentials were also earned the hard way in the Law of the Sea negotiations. I took over as the head of the negotiations at t...See the full content of this document
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