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Obama Statement on the Filipino People Power Day and the Filipino
Veterans Equity Act

Chicago, IL -- Twenty-two years after the People Power Revolution in
the Philippines , we remember and commemorate the Filipino people who
used the democratic, non-violent method of "people power" to
overthrow the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos and end the martial
law regime that ruled the Philippines for fourteen years.
On this anniversary, I urge my colleagues in Congress to... Read More