Alaska's Islands     BY WHAT AUTHORITY DOES HE GIVE AWAY A PART OF ALASKA / USA?  Obama Donates 7 Alaska Islands to Putin for Zero  Dollars This  is what our beloved president Obama has done in 2012 for America so far this  year. This was just sent to me, and got very little press to keep it unknown  from the American public. Please read the following to see what is happening.  Why is he getting away with all of this? Is  there a "REST OF THE STORY"? This  article on Feb. 16, 2012 appears in very few places. Apparently, the regular  "professional reporters" consider Obama giving away islands belonging to Alaska  and part of the United States as no big deal. Obama is giving these islands to  Russia for free, no cost, $zero money or any other consideration. Guess what?  The state legislature in Alaska (still one of our 50 states) voted several times in opposition to THE GIVEAWAY! The islands have billions of barrels of  OIL and Obama could let oil companies lease parts of the islands and start  drilling for MORE OIL!! Should you suspect Obama was trying to sneak this by...?  Why??   WorldNetDaily.com< http://worldnetdaily.com//. Obama's State Department is giving away seven strategic, resource-laden  Alaskan islands to the Russians. Yes, to the Putin regime in the Kremlin. The  seven islands in the Arctic Ocean and Bering Sea include one the size of Rhode  Island and Delaware combined. The Russians are also to get the tens of thousands  of square miles of oil-rich seabed's surrounding the islands. The Department of  Interior estimates billions of barrels of oil are at stake.   The State  Department has undertaken the giveaway in the guise of a maritime boundary  agreement between Alaska and Siberia. Astoundingly, our federal government  itself drew the line to put these seven Alaskan islands on the Russian side. But  as an executive agreement, it could be reversed with the stroke of a pen by  Pres. Obama or Sec. Clinton. The agreement was  negotiated in total secrecy! The State of Alaska was not allowed to participate in the negotiations,  nor was the public given any opportunity for comment. This is despite the fact  the Alaska Legislature has passed resolutions of opposition - but the State  Department doesn't seem to care.   The imperiled Arctic Ocean islands  include Wrangel, Bennett, Jeannette and Henrietta. Wrangel became American in  1881 with the landing of the U.S. Revenue Marine ship Thomas Corwin. The landing  party included the famed naturalist John Muir. It is 3,000 square miles in  size.   Northwest of Wrangel are the DeLong Islands, named for George  Washington DeLong, the captain of USS Jeannette. Also in 1881, he discovered and  claimed these three islands for the United States. He named them for the voyage  co-sponsor, New York Citynewspaper publisher James Gordon Bennett. The ship's  crew received a hero's welcome back in Washington, and Congress awarded them  gold medals.   In the Bering Sea at the far west end of the Aleutian chain  are Copper Island, Sea Lion Rock and Sea Otter Rock. They were ceded to the U.S.  in Seward's 1867 treaty with Russia.   Now is the time for the Obama  administration to stand up for U.S. and Alaskan rights and invaluable resources.  The State Department's maritime agreement is a loser - it gives us nothing in  return for giving up Alaska's sovereign territory and invaluable resources. We  won the Cold War and should start acting like it. Also see Link 1,2  below Link  1. http://www.westernjournalism.com/obamas-giveaway-oil-rich-islands-to-russia/ Link  2. http://commonamericanjournal.com/?p=39807 The  State Dept. Watch says: http://www.statedepartmentwatch.org/GiveawaySummary.htm And  you can "Google" many more links with "Alaska island  giveaway"