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| Giveaway of 8 American Alaskan Islands and Vast Oil-Rich Seabeds to the Russians = $4 Gas Prices |
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· ● Billions of barrels of oil and gas potential are in the hundreds of thousands of square miles of American seabeds that the U.S. State Department is giving to the Russians. · ● President Bush has declared all offshore areas open for oil and gas exploration. · ● The State Department has given itself a special exception for the Russians over U.S. seabeds in Arctic Ocean and Bering Sea. · ● This State Department favor to the Russians is in the form of a secretly-negotiated maritime boundary agreement. The public, State of Alaska, and Congress were kept in the dark. · ● The maritime boundary agreement puts eight American Alaskan islands and their vast 200-mile seabeds on the Russian side. · ● This is a special type of State Department foreign aid to authoritarian regimes. Instead of cash, the State Department is giving away land and massive seabeds. · ● The State Department giveaway policy started with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in 1977 under his “détente” campaign. All Secretaries of State since him have kept the policy. · |
· ● The State of Alaska strongly opposes this giveaway which includes Alaskan sovereignty and property. The Alaska legislature has overwhelmingly passed resolutions of opposition under leadership of Representative John Coghill Jr. (907-488-5725). State Department just ignores. · ● The President, Secretary of State, and Congress could end the giveaway with the stroke of a pen. · ● The eight American Alaskan islands are five in the Arctic Ocean (Wrangell, Herald, Bennett, Jeannette, and Henrietta), and three in the Bering Sea (Copper Island, Sea Lion Rock, and Sea Otter Rock). · ● The five in the Arctic Ocean were discovered by Americans in 1881. Famous adventurer John Muir and Revenue Marine (Coast Guard) Captain Calvin Leighton Hooper found Wrangell Island. Navy Lt. George Washington DeLong aboard USS Jeannette found Bennett, Jeannette, and Henrietta (the crew got gold medals from Congress). · ● Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has strong oil-industry ties. She was on the board of Chevron Corporation and had an oil tanker named for her. · ● Congress should investigate. · ● Presidential candidates Barack Obama, John McCain, Ralph Nader, Bob Barr, and others must take a stand.
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