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1999 Letter from
President Bill Clinton
In Response to
Alaska HJR 27 and HJR 26
President Bill Clinton replied to
two Alaska resolutions that Representative John Coghill Jr.
sponsored. HJR
27 concerned the giveaway U.S.-Russia maritime boundary agreement.
President Clinton stated, "My Administration is not considering efforts to alter
the 1990 boundary agreement."
HJR 26 complained of the problems
arising because the State Department has failed to
negotiate any maritime
boundaries between Alaska and Canada, either on the north in the Arctic
Ocean or
on the south in the Bering Sea. President Clinton stated, "The United
States is working
toward the resolution of maritime boundary disputes with
Canada, though progress is often
slow." To date the State Department has
not established any maritime boundaries with Canada.