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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Politics

Obama vows to solve Puerto Rico's status


It's a 110-year-old dilemma that Congress has never committed to solve: Puerto Rico's ambiguous political relationship with the U.S.

President-elect Barack Obama has vowed to turn this around.

In a letter sent earlier this month to newly elected Puerto Rican Gov. Luis Fortuno, Obama pledged to "enable the question of Puerto Rico's status to be resolved" during his first term. For more, go to
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/services/newspaper/printedition/tuesday/orl-probama1309jan13,0,5768559.story