Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Islands in dispute between USA and others<br/>
Date: Apr 16, 2005 @ 20:01<br/>
Author: Lowell G. McManus (&quot;Lowell G. McManus&quot; &lt;mcmanus71496@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1596530021">Mike D. wrote:<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; & i like your subsequent truly original finding<br/>
&gt; as well as your laying it at the feet of bush where it apparently actually now <br/>
&gt; belongs<br/>
&gt; as we scribble<br/>
&gt; but are you then just going to stop there<br/>
&gt; or are you going to ask freakin bush<br/>
&gt; hahaha<br/>
<br/>
&gt; or am i supposed to take responsibility for your extravagance & ask him myself<br/>
&gt; hahahaha<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>Before receiving your question above, I have just sent an e-mail inquiry to <br/>
Nikolau Pula, Director of the Office of Insular affairs.  After setting out the <br/>
inconsistencies on the OIA web site concerning the two places in question, I <br/>
asked him:<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; What is the current position, if any, of the US government on the status of<br/>
&gt; these islands?  Has there been any official determination, or is it the policy<br/>
&gt; just to ignore them?  If there has been any official renunciation of the US<br/>
&gt; claims, I would appreciate knowing when and to whom.<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>Lowell G. McManus<br/>
Leesville, Louisiana, USA</div>