Law of the Sea Treaty Hearing, June 14, 2:30 pm
I will testify tomorrow afternoon before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in support of the Law of the Sea Convention. A copy of my written statement is here. Former Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte will also testify in favor of the Convention. Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Steve Groves of the Heritage Foundation will testify against the Convention.
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I will testify tomorrow afternoon before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in support of the Law of the Sea Convention. A copy of my written statement is here. Former Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte will also testify in favor of the Convention. Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Steve Groves of the Heritage Foundation will testify against the Convention.
John B. Bellinger III is a partner in the international and national security law practices at Arnold & Porter in Washington, DC. He is also Adjunct Senior Fellow in International and National Security Law at the Council on Foreign Relations. He served as The Legal Adviser for the Department of State from 2005–2009, as Senior Associate Counsel to the President and Legal Adviser to the National Security Council at the White House from 2001–2005, and as Counsel for National Security Matters in the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice from 1997–2001.