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Washington, D.C.—Faleomavaega Meets With Dongwon Group Chairman Kim Jae-Chul, New Owner of StarKist (9/8/2008)
Congressman Faleomavaega announced today his historic meeting of September 4, 2008 with the new owner of Starkist tuna company, Dongwon Chairman and CEO Kim Jae-Chul, who recently purchased Starkist Company from Del Monte Foods for an approximate price of $363 million. It is expected that ongoing negotiations to finalize the sale of Starkist should be completed in the coming weeks, and that part of the deal will provide for a two-year management contract between Del Monte and Dongwon Enterprise, with the intent to completely transition operations to Dongwon's own management group.
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Congressman Faleomavaega announced today that he is responding to Mrs. Aumua Amata Radewagen’s guest editorial published by Samoa News on August 22, 2008 in which she criticizes his work on behalf of the people of American Samoa, including his efforts to strengthen the US tuna industry and protect the jobs of nearly 5,000 cannery workers.
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Congressman Faleomavaega announced today that he is currently accepting applications for nominations to fill one vacancy at the US Air Force Academy (www.usaf.edu) in Colorado Springs, Colorado, one vacancy at the U.S. Military Academy (www.usma.edu) at West Point, New York, and one vacancy at the U.S. Naval Academy (www.usna.edu) in Annapolis, Maryland for the class entering the academies in June, 2009. He is also accepting nominations for the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (www.usmma.edu). The Merchant Marine Academy can sometimes accept more than two candidates provided there are vacancies in the national pool.
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Congressman Faleomavaega today expressed his congratulations to the American Samoan athletes and officials who represented the territory at the on-going Olympics in Beijing, after American Samoa has been eliminated from the Games competitions in the early stages last week.
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Congressman Faleomavaega announced today that he has accepted an invitation from Brigadier General Steve Jones, Commanding General of the Pacific Regional Medical Command and Tripler Army Medical Center, to attend the Change of Responsibility ceremony for Command Sergeant Major Tuileama Nua on August 21, 2008. CSM Tuileama “Tui” Nua was recently selected by the U.S. Army to take over responsibility as command sergeant major or senior non-commissioned officer for the Pacific Regional Medical Command at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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