Yet, Puerto Rico’s economic convergence and political integration with the rest of the nation is in a state of arrest – even though the island has been within the national borders, political system and customs territory of the U.S. for a century.
Dick Thornburgh Quotes
In historical and constitutional terms, the recent political status vote in Puerto Rico was a necessary but obviously not decisive step on the road of self-determination leading to full self-government.
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| Birth: | 16th July, 1932 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Lawyer, Politician |
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Richard Lewis "Dick" Thornburgh was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as the 41st Governor of Pennsylvania from 1979 to 1987, and then as the U.S. Attorney General from 1988 to 1991. He earned an engineering degree from Yale University in 1954 and a law degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1957, where he served as an editor of the Law Review.
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