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Barack Obama: “Puerto Rico would remain, as it is today, subject to the Territory Clause of the U.S. Constitution”

On the recordFebruary 28, 2011
Puerto Rico would remain, as it is today, subject to the Territory Clause of the U.S. Constitution
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama emphasized that any Commonwealth proposal would not change Puerto Rico's constitutional status.

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