Guam Sen. Frank Blas Jr. is requesting that the White House push for war claims on behalf of the people of Guam.<\/p>\n
Blas\u2019 request comes on the heels of a statement released by the President\u2019s National Security Advisor, Susan E. Rice, congratulating the governments of Japan and the Republic of Korea on reaching an agreement on the matter of \u201cComfort Women.\u201d <\/p>\n
Blas is now asking Rice to pursue this issue with regards to the Chamorro people.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would like to encourage you to take on the mantle of responsibility for being an advocate for Americans whose family members were brutalized as comfort women at the hands of Japanese forces during World War II,\u201d Blas wrote to Rice, adding that the Chamorro people endured unspeakable atrocities such as beheadings, rapes, beatings and so much more. \u201cThis cries for justice and our people have made many attempts through Congress to resolve war claim issues, but we have yet to have our war claims addressed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Blas informed Rice that the number of Chamorro survivors from the war continue to lessen \u201c\u2026 so we look to President Barack Obama to finally give our people the resolution they deserve, much like the agreement you applauded between Japan and Korea.\u201d Blas noted that Guam is an integral part of the strategic alliances in this region and this movement includes President Obama\u2019s pivot to the Asia Pacific Region.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs such, it is my sincere hope that you will address this issue with the President in order to advance the dialogue on the unresolved war claims of Chamorros which lies heavy on the hearts of the people of Guam,\u201d Blas wrote.<\/p>\n
For more information, please contact the Office of Senator Frank F. Blas, Jr., at 475-2527 or via email at frank.blasjr@gmail.com. (PR)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Guam Sen. Frank Blas Jr. is requesting that the White House push for war claims…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[51,170,62,67],"class_list":["post-218112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","tag-guam","tag-japan","tag-korea","tag-people"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218112\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}