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Pedro Pierluisi: “The problem, Mr. Sablan, is that as I was saying, in Alaska they held a referendum, a plebiscite, years before they came…”

On the recordJune 23, 2015
The problem, Mr. Sablan, is that as I was saying, in Alaska they held a referendum, a plebiscite, years before they came a state.
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Pedro Pierluisi
Democratic · Puerto Rico

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Pierluisi draws parallels between Puerto Rico and Alaska's statehood process.

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