It was first-come, first-served, and if you got up late, bleary-eyed from the previous night's carousing, that was just tough.

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"You've got potential for abuse, " said Frank Lavin, who served as Commerce undersecretary for international trade from 2005 to 2007.

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"Nobody owns what's on the seabed but if you've got gear on the area it's first come, first served and that's the nature of the beast, " he added.

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You served bravely in Vietnam, then came back and kept right on fighting to make sure your comrades got everything they deserved.

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