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Stacey Plaskett: “I would like to submit for the record letters from Governor Lemanu Mauga and myself to our counterparts in other insular…”

On the recordMay 11, 2021
I would like to submit for the record letters from Governor Lemanu Mauga and myself to our counterparts in other insular territories asking them not to support or endorse efforts to deny self-determination.
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Stacey Plaskett
Democratic · Virgin Islands

Editor's note · Context

Plaskett advocates for self-determination for American Samoa against imposed citizenship.

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