Afghanistan evacuation
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata cosponsored newly introduced legislation honoring the 13 service members who lost their lives recently serving in Afghanistan with the Congressional Gold Medal — the highest honor or expression of national appreciation that Congress can bestow. For...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Prior to the start of yesterday’s Senate session, Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean informed senators that some 12 American soldiers died earlier in the day in Afghanistan and to show respect to the fallen American heroes, he called for the observance of a moment of...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The United States pressed on with the monumental airlift from Afghanistan on Friday amid tighter security measures and fears of more bloodshed, a day after the suicide attack at the Kabul airport that killed well over 100 Afghans and 13 U.S. service members.
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Remarks made by Sen. Soliai Tuipine Fuimaono during a Senate session last week, sharing with his colleagues that he had been informed by Acting Gov. Talauega Eleasalo V. Ale that a Toa O Samoa from American Samoa had been captured in Afghanistan and was being held in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The most recent developments in the Afghan Region have led to a heightened sense of readiness throughout the United States Department of Defense and American Samoa’s local U.S. Army Reserve Unit. Currently, there are over 200 Soldiers at the Pele U.S. Army Reserve...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifaatali Amata told Samoa News that in a rare Sunday morning conference call, “My U.S. House colleagues and I were given a briefing by the Secretaries of State, Defense and General Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on the current situation in...