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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “For us in American Samoa, disaster resilience is not a matter of choice. It is a matter of survival,” declared Attorney General Fainu’ulelei Falefatu Alailima-Utu who is currently acting governor while both the Governor and Lt. Gov are off island. He made the comment...

![[l-r] U.S Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region IX Recovery Division director, Robert Pesapane; Office of Disaster Assistance and Petroleum Management (ODAPM) director Lisa Tuato’o; and Acting Governor Fainu’ulelei Falefatu Alailima-Utu, who is the Attorney General, pose for a media photo, after the opening ceremony yesterday of the Amerika Samoa 1st Annual Disaster Resilience Summit at the Gov. Rex Lee Auditorium. [photo: Dora Luamanu] Robert Pesapane, Lisa Tuato’o, and Fainu’ulelei Falefatu Alailima-Utu,](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/img_8143.jpg?itok=i7Wg0gdi)