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Jill Tokuda: “Condemnation is a unilateral action.”

Featuring: Jill Tokuda, Democratic | U.S. House Hawaii, 2nd Congressional District

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Rep. Tokuda Presses Army Sec. on Training Land Lease Talks for Commitment to Rule Out Condemnation

Published | Video Starts at 04:05

Okay, so have they never put on the table simply a lease extension, a new lease? Have they been okay with condemnation? Because here's the thing about Condemnation is a unilateral action. And if we're committing to real negotiations, because as you have said yourself, Hawaii has been a gracious host. This is not how you treat people who have given you and shown you aloha. (04:05–04:08)

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Asserts that condemnation is a one-sided action.

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