The press releases on HillaryClinton.Com this weekend included a statement from Hillary pledging $130 million in reparations and grants for "research, educational, and media activities to memorialize the occupation of Guam."- Guam, an American territory, was occupied by the Japanese for 31 months during World War II. Its modern economy is derived primarily from Japanese tourism and US military bases.
- Clinton supports the Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act (H.R 1595). If the bill is not approved by the Senate this year she says "as President of the United States, I will get it passed next year so that we may provide these survivors and their families with the compensation they deserve for their courageous devotion to the United States during Japanese occupation."
Her statement goes on to say "Although Guamanians received limited compensation immediately after the war, the restrictive procedures, narrow window for recovery, and incomplete range of compensable injuries left too many under-compensated. As the Commission concluded, their claims were not treated comparably to U.S. citizens or nationals of other territories who suffered disproportionate hardships during World War II. The bill would remedy that decades-old injustice.
The bill I support has four components.
1. It would recognize the injuries endured by the people of Guam during the occupation and their steadfast loyalty to the United States.
2. It would compensate Guam's residents for specific harms.
3. It would authorize a grant program for research, educational, and media activities to memorialize the occupation of Guam.
4. It would authorize $130 million for the grant program and compensation."
Sources:
http://www.hillaryclinton.com/news/release/view/?id=6926
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h109-1595
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guam
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