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"Republican House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Praises Treaty The Senate GOP Rejected"  — Hayes Brown — Think Progress — January 29, 2013

Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) today said China and the Philippines should settle a dispute via a measure enshrined in the Law of the Sea treaty, a treaty that his Senate colleagues killed last year.

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Politics of Ratification, China
"Relying On Conspiracy Theories, GOPers Say They’ll Block Critical Sea Treaty"  — Zack Beauchamp — Think Progress — July 16, 2012

Ratifying the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) seems like a no-brainer. The treaty’s central provisions divvy up maritime territory among countries for the purposes of natural resource development. More than 160 countries have acceded to it, including the whole of the developed world. Iran, Syria, and North Korea oppose it while the Obama administration, five former Republican Secretaries of State, the U.S. military, and major affected industries all support ratification.

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"Republicans Criticize Military Brass For Supporting Law Of The Sea Treaty"  — Philip Ballentine — Think Progress — June 19, 2012

At a Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing last week, Senator Sen. James Risch (R-ID) and Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) treated six four-star Generals and Admirals testifying in favor of ratifying the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) with hostility before questioning their motives and honesty.

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Politics of Ratification
"Conservatives Disregard Traditional Allies to Oppose the Law of the Sea"  — Michael Conathan — Think Progress — June 13, 2012

Big Oil, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Lockheed Martin, some of the world’s biggest communications corporations, and the top brass of the U.S. military have been lobbying skeptical members on Capitol Hill to support an initiative they all feel is fundamental to U.S. interests—ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea.

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Politics of Ratification