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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, right, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testify on Law of the Sea Convention before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington, D.C., May 23, 2012.

LAW OF THE SEA

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, right, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testify on Law of the Sea Convention before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington, D.C., May 23, 2012.

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