WWII compensation bill falters in US Senate
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A bid to have the US Congress recognise the suffering of Guamanians under Japanese occupation in World War Two has been derailed. The Guam World War Two Loyalty Recognition Act, or HR 1595, was to have gone through the US Senate by unanimous consent, but a Senator from South Carolina objected to that last week. This leaves the legislation up in the air.As well as recognising the loyalty of the people of Guam to the United States during the war, the bill would have offered compensation of 126 million US dollars to those who suffered.
Presenter: Bruce Hill
Speaker: Sean Gumataotao, spokesman for Guam Governor Felix Camacho
