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Amata Radewagen: “That one sentence add-on buried in the 1983 territorial spending bill takes back the fruits of limited…”

On the recordJanuary 17, 2024
That one sentence add-on buried in the 1983 territorial spending bill takes back the fruits of limited self-determination.
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Amata Radewagen
American Samoa

Editor's note · Context

Radewagen criticizes the 1983 Act for undermining self-determination in American Samoa.

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