MARITIME DISPUTES AND SOVEREIGNTY ISSUES IN EAST ASIA HEARING before the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION Wednesday, July 15, 2009 Time: 2:30 P.M. Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Building Presiding: Senator Webb     Witnesses:     Panel 1: The Honorable Scot Marciel    Deputy Assistant Secretary of State    for East Asian and ASEAN Affairs    Department of State    Washington, DC Robert Scher    Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense    for South and Southeast Asia    Department of Defense    Washington, DC     Panel 2: Peter Dutton    Associate Professor of Strategic Studies    China Maritime Studies Institute,    U.S. Naval War College    Washington, DC Daniel Blumenthal    Resident Fellow    American Enterprise Institute    Washington, DC Richard Cronin    Senior Associate    The Henry L. Stimson Center    Washington, DC   Hearing Titles in blue are links to video recording of hearing. Witness names in blue are links to the statement given. Statements are only posted if provided electronically by witness.