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...A 2014 FSM government claim against Lyon Associates Inc. for over $4.6 million for ”errors and omissions” in the designs for a road and sewer project in Chuuk State raises additional questions about the company’s involvement in the FSM....

... Winer’s resignation as Sen Brian Schatz’ Chief of Staff was announced in the media, May 4, 2019.  Kia'aina is reportedly under consideration for top jobs at DHHL and OHA ....

...The FSM Congress elected Pohnpei Senator David W. Panuelo President and Kosrae Senator Yosiwo P. George as Vice President....

...results of Tuesday’s elections, Panuelo received 6,773 votes against Christian’s 6,716....

...a 2010-2016 timeline of the alleged corrupt dealings between Lyon Associates and individuals within the FSM Government....

...On February 14th, 2019 the FSM National Government was informed that the United States Government has approved the sharing of information related to this case....

...Arrested over the weekend, Master Halbert, son-in-law of Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) President Peter Christian and son of FSM Senator Dohsis Halbert, appeared before Honolulu Federal Judge Richard L. Puglisi for arraignment Monday, February 11, 2019.... 

...On November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell. It did so by accident....

The Japanese government in 2009 recognized that accepting such an apology would undermine the foundations of the US-Japan alliance. Just look at how the 1993 Apology Resolution has undermined the foundations of the State of Hawaii.

More than five years of haggling between United States and 11 other nations bordering the Pacific Rim ended Monday in a proposed agreement that has been hailed as "historic" though still not publicly released....

...His loyalty to President Obama apparently supersedes his duties as a representative of his constituents....

...‘In the business and trading world, people go to jail for such manipulations of data’….

Completing the agreement will create the largest free trade area, in terms of both goods and services, in which the United States participates....

The Heritage Foundation calls on President Barack Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry and the Congress to publicly condemn China’s behavior and make clear to Beijing that the world is watching....

The charge of crimes against humanity alone guarantees that, at some point, members of the regime will be prosecuted....

...sugar is one of the most politically charged raw materials in the global economy....

"I join the Obama administration in urging Thailand’s armed forces to return power to democratic institutions.”

Americans have increasingly been pulled into the frightening story of more than 250 schoolgirls in Nigeria who were kidnapped by terrorist group Boko Haram....

It’s a world where we can’t act like we did yesterday....

Ukraine is an independent country. Its people voted overwhelmingly (90 percent in favor) to declare independence from Russia in 1991....

The leader of the free world has been largely invisible as Ukrainian demonstrators are ruthlessly picked off by government snipers....

...property rights and the rule of law are vital to reducing poverty around the world....

The Hawaii legislature publicly debated and then rejected a pair of Azerbaijan-initiated anti-Armenian measures....

Bumble Bee chief executive Chris Lischewski has called untrue the Delegate’s assertion that Bumble Bee tuna is processed by child labor....

An explosive intelligence report made public this week revealed that officials knew it was a terrorist attack that killed four Americans on September 11, 2012—and they knew right away....

Agriculture subsidies and trade manipulation have long been among the most intractable of policy problems....

By not agreeing to dismantle a single centrifuge, Iran has not rolled back its nuclear infrastructure.  Iran retains the ability to produce enough weapons-grade uranium for a nuclear weapon in as little as 2 months....

In a live conversation from Hong Kong, Washington D.C. and Honolulu, Grassroot Institute president Keli’i Akina kicks off his China-speaking tour....

...smashed buildings and completely defoliated trees, with widespread looting and unclaimed bodies decaying in the open air....

The TPP has been behind closed doors for a long time. The wait will be more than worth it if a sound agreement is struck....

The State Department closed 21 U.S. embassies over the weekend....

Obama backed the administration of Mohamed Morsi, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, who was just ousted by the protesters and the military....

American Islamists, like the American Stalinists before them, are unwilling to question the Muslim Brotherhood's ideology....

Educators at the two independent High Schools on Yap have announced plans for a public exhibition and competition, featuring teams from their student robotics clubs....

LOST is essentially a new world government of the sea that redistributes wealth and seeks to control supply and demand of oceanic resources....

The Yen-denominated price of Hawaii vacations jumped 3% today and has increased 23% since September....

...it could fire rockets on Guam, Hawaii and the U.S. mainland in retaliation for American bomber sorties....