The drilling operation carried out by HYSY 981 this time is a continuationof the routineprocess of explorations, and falls wellwithinChina's sovereigntyandjurisdiction.
One is raising the debt ceiling -- this is a problem that was manufactured here in Washington, because every single one of the leaders over there have voted for raising the debt ceiling in the past -- and has typically been a difficult, but routineprocess.
According to the GAO, as of April two-thirds of all claims submitted in 2007 and 2008, the first two years of the stepped-up routine, were still in process with almost none of them near resolution.