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repatriation funding
Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) has awarded $1,670,450 in CARES Act grant funding to the American Samoa Government (ASG) to help repatriate American Samoans stranded outside of the territory since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic last year...

![Acting Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs Nikolao Pula said, "OIA is pleased to support Governor Lemanu Mauga and his administration in this historic and important operation to reunite families, while also promoting safety measures.” [SN file photo] Acting Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs Nikolao Pula](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/nikolao-pula_copy.jpeg?itok=vhgYnhqB)