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Would-Be Governors Tussle In Congress

By Matthew M. Johnson and CQ Staff
Posted July 25, 2009 at 12:00am

Bill Haslam,
Bill Gibbons,
Ronald L. Ramsey.
Mufi Hannemann,
James “Duke” Aiona,

The Backstory
The Wamp-Abercrombie-Guam dispute has its roots in a larger issue: Moving Americans out of Okinawa, Japan.
Relocating 12,600 active duty personnel to Guam, along with about 11,300 military family members, will require some new construction.
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