Talk:American Samoa

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Somebody tell Sean that Tony Solaita was born in the United States of America and not a "less common country", as list linked to here indicates.

[edit] I'm not sure that is accurate

Are those officially considered part of the United States since they aren't, you know, States? --Admin 10:00, 22 April 2008 (EDT)

From Wikipedia:

American Samoa is an unincorporated territory of the United States. The Navy-appointed governor was replaced by a locally elected one. Although technically considered "unorganized" in that the U.S. Congress has not passed an Organic Act for the territory, American Samoa is self-governing under a constitution that became effective on July 1, 1967. The U.S. Territory of American Samoa is on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories, a listing which is disputed by territorial government officials. American Samoa is an unincorporated and unorganized territory of the United States, administered by the Office of Insular Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior.

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This also applies to Guam and Puerto Rico, does it not? - --Mischa 10:30, 22 April 2008 (EDT)

Hey, I was born in a territory that didn't have home rule until 1973, and unless you think that the Expos still don't play in the US (since they don't play in, you know, a State), I was born in the USA. American Samoa, has a non-voting member in the House of Representatives (Eni Fa'aua'a Hunkin Faleomavaega, Jr.), the same Congressional representation that the Nation's Capital has. Anyone born in American Samoa is a US national. -- Cuban X Senators