U.S. Interests in the South Pacific: The Freely Associated States : Joint Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific of the Committee on International Relations and the Subcommittee on Native American and Insular Affairs of the Committee on Resources, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session, September 25, 1996 |
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Administration Advisory Committee American and Insular Asian Development Bank assessment atolls AURELIA E BEREUTER BERMAN bilateral BRAR BRAZEAL Chairman Chuuk Compact funds Compact of Free CONGRES CONGRESS THE LIBR CONGRESS THE LIBRARY countries defense domestic programs economic development economic planning ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA environmental FALEOMAVAEGA Federal financial assistance Freely Associated FSM and RMI FSM Government FY FY FY global goals going GRES GRESS Guam Human Radiation Experiments implementation important Insular Affairs Interior island nations issues Kwajalein LIBRA LIBRARY OF CONGRESS LIBRARY RESS Marshall Islands Marshallese ment Micronesia million Native American negotiated nuclear Pacific island Pohnpei political private sector problems radiation RARY reform relations relationship RMI Government role Saipan Secretary self-sufficiency statement Stayman strategic Subcommittee on Asia Subcommittee on Native tax and trade Thank trust territory trusteeship U.S. Government U.S. interests UNDERWOOD weapons testing
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Page 40 - Islands— comprising what are known today as the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
Page 42 - These surveys captured the number and characteristics of migrants from the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), and the Republic of Palau...
Page 94 - Majuro so we can develop the capacity to treat our own people in-country rattier than sending them to an Army hospital in Hawaii. We want to address all of the illnesses associated with radiation exposure, such as reproductive problems, cataracts, and liver disease, and not simply the illnesses DOE narrowly focuses on, such as thyroid disease. We want to ensure that the Marshallese people are heard. The people have been complaining for decades about a host of medical conditions associated with radiation,...
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