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On the recordJune 10, 2009
the Bush Administration for some eight years has always been against supporting this bill based on some of the Court cases that have come before the Supreme Court as it relates to the rights of Native Hawaiians.
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Eni Faleomavaega
American Samoa

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Criticism of the Bush Administration's stance on Native Hawaiian rights legislation.

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