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On the recordApril 12, 2016
It is insulting to the island, which has a long memory of the U.S. military takeover in 1898.
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Stacey Plaskett
Democratic · Virgin Islands

Editor's note · Context

Expressing frustration over the oversight board's micro-management of Puerto Rico.

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