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The private deals have a number of things in common: They run directly afoul of the intent of the Hawaiian Home Lands Recovery Act, which was meant to help compensate Hawaiians for lands taken by the federal government in the past. They were made at a time when the need for land has only intensified. They were authorized via special legislation approved by Congress, including members of Hawaii’s own delegation. And some of the acres would have been desirable for homesteads: relatively flat lands where utilities and roads were already in place.
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Over the past few weeks, Russia has been conducting a sizeable military buildup along its border with Ukraine and in occupied Crimea. Most of these Russian deployments seem to be spontaneous and unrelated to any scheduled training exercises. Over the same time period, fighting has increased in eastern Ukraine. So far in 2021, 20 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and another 57 wounded while fighting Russian and Russian-backed forces. Russia’s plan is unclear, but one thing is certain: Moscow is testing the Biden Administration.
During this sensitive time, the United States should immediately show its solidarity with Ukraine with a visit to the country by President Joe Biden or Vice President Kamala Harris. The U.S. should also rally European North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members to show solidarity with Ukraine, share intelligence of the Russian military buildup with Ukraine and make satellite imagery available to the public, help Ukraine to improve