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Faleomavaega, who has been in American Samoa for the New Year, announced today that President Barack Obama has invited him to fly back to Washington, D.C. on Air Force One. The President will depart Hawaii on Monday, January 3, 2011 from Hickam Air Force Base. President Obama has been in Hawaii since December 23, 2010 where he has been spending the holidays with family and childhood friends. Riding along with President Obama from Washington was Senator Daniel Akaka and Congresswoman Mazie Hirono.
“Fa’afetai tele to President Obama for giving me a ride back to Washington,” Faleomavaega said. “On behalf of the people of American Samoa, I am honored to fly back with the President of the United States. I especially look forward to talking to President Obama about the outsize sacrifice of our military men and women, as well as where we are in recovery efforts after the 2009 tsunami. I also hope to discuss our economic development and issues affecting the Asia Pacific region.”
“When President Obama was elected in 2008, he inherited an economy on the brink of collapse and a war in Iraq which has cost trillions of dollars. Yet President Obama continues to do all he can to grow the economy which is still fragile. The road to recovery has not been easy for the U.S. or other nations that have also suffered setbacks due to a global recession. But I have every confidence that America will pull through, and this includes the Territories.”
“Once more, I want to thank President Obama for extending an invitation for me to fly back to Washington on Air Force One and, again, I very much look forward to working with him and his Administration as well as my Republican and Democratic colleagues during the 112th Congress. As always, I thank the people of American Samoa for their support and prayers, and I will keep on doing everything I can to move their interests forward,” Faleomavaega concluded. |
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