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Stacey Plaskett: “By their mere geography, the territories are critically vulnerable to natural forces unique to daily living in an island…”

On the recordFebruary 27, 2017
By their mere geography, the territories are critically vulnerable to natural forces unique to daily living in an island environment.
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Stacey Plaskett
Democratic · Virgin Islands

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Plaskett discusses the unique vulnerabilities of island territories to natural disasters.

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