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Territorial Claims are based on clear principles of International Law. Many of these principles have been codified into treaties and provide a good overview of several of the legal theories involved, such as contiguity. http://untreaty.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/conventions/8_1_1958_territorial_sea.pdf The US having claim to the DeLong Islands allows them to extend their exploration rights of the sea bed there. The CHinese are using the same argument with the Spratly Islands.

Of course Obama would not want to promote the Oil Companies claims in otherwise Russian waters, as the Russians have been doing to Canada and the USA.Obama is an idiot and has ideological issues with extending US hegemony internationally. Obama would rather apologize for our nations former conduct, and instead seeks historical "justice" for the so called "down trodden." This makes Obama weak and a prime target for the Russians, China, and many other nations. Joe Miller is the Alaskan politician ( Republican) who is raising the stink about Obama and his abandonment of the DeLong Islands claim. I believe Joe Miller when he says that Obama is not acting in the bests interests of our country.