Kuwaiti Tankers: Hearings Before the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, First Session, on Oversight on the Reflagging of Kuwaiti Tankers, June 18, 1987; U.S. Naval Escorts for Kuwaiti Tankers--H.R. 3039, August 6, 1987U.S. Government Printing Office, 1987 - 357 páginas |
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Página 12 - ... operated under the United States flag by citizens of the United States insofar as may be practicable and (d) composed of the bestequipped, safest, and most suitable types of vessels, constructed in the United States and manned with a trained and efficient citizen personnel. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the United States to foster the development and encourage the maintenance of such a merchant marine.
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Página 265 - An Act to establish a United States Shipping Board for the purpose of encouraging, developing, and creating a naval auxiliary and naval reserve and a merchant marine to meet the requirements of the commerce of the United States with its Territories and possessions and with foreign countries ; to regulate carriers by water engaged in the foreign and interstate commerce of the United States ; and for other purposes.
Página 165 - ... accept the Iranian revolution as a fact of history. But our bilateral relations will not substantially improve until Iran changes its policies toward the war, terrorism, and subversion of its neighbors. And in the meantime, we will protect our interests. The Kuwaiti Ref lagging: The Administration's Decision Late last year, to counter Iranian targetting of Kuwaiti-associated shipping, Kuwait approached both the Soviet Union and the United States — as well as others ultimately — to explore...
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