THE CONVENTION    ON THE LAW    OF THE SEA HEARING before the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION Thursday, October 4, 2007 Time: 9:30 AM Place: 419 The Dirksen Senate Office Building Presiding: Senator Menendez     Senator Lugar's Opening Statement     Witnesses:     Panel 1: Admiral Vern Clark, USN (Ret.)    Former Chief of Naval Operations    United States Navy    Phoenix, AZ Mr. Bernard H. Oxman    Professor of Law    University of Miami School of Law    Miami, FL Mr. Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.    President    Center for Security Policy    Washington, DC Mr. Fred L. Smith, Jr.    President    Competitive Enterprise Institute    Washington, DC     Panel 2: Mr. Paul C. Kelly    President    Gulf of Mexico Foundation    Houston, TX Mr. Joseph J. Cox    President    Chamber of Shipping of America    Washington, DC Mr. Douglas R. Burnett    Partner    Holland & Knight, LLP    New York, NY ... Additional witnesses may be added   Witness names in blue are links to the statement given. Statements are only posted if provided electronically by witness.