President and Mrs. Bush invite Amata to White House Christmas Party
December 01, 2006

PAGO PAGO. President George W. and Laura Bush have invited former congressional candidate Amata Aumua to attend a celebration of the holiday season at the White House December 1. Amata received the invitation in Manu'a last week during her visit to Ofu, Olosega and Ta'u.

"This is an unexpected honor and I'm thrilled to have been included by President and Mrs. Bush. At this very special time of the year, every room inside the White House is beautifully decorated with huge, fresh Christmas trees decorated with ornaments received from Americans all throughout the United States and her territories so the atmosphere is very festive," said Amata. "I understand the East Coast is pretty cold right now and I don't look forward to the low temperatures but it's not often that one receives an invitation such as this, so I hope to be there."

While in Washington, Amata will also attend the winter meeting of the Republican National Committee which is the umbrella organization that formulates national policy for the GOP.

Amata will hand-carry with her the voting proxies of Chairman Tautai A.F. Faalevao and National Committeeman Te'o J. Fuavai, who complete American Samoa's representation on the RNC.

According to the National Committeewoman, several key votes will be taken at this meeting, including the election of a new RNC chairman.

"Last week I received a call from U.S. Senator Mel Martinez asking for my support of his candidacy to be RNC chairman. Mel and I go back to 2000 when we were both selected by then Texas Gov. George W. Bush to be officers of the National Convention in Philadelphia, he is an impressive leader and is the first ever Cuban born United States Senator and I believe he is the right man for the job at this time."

Osini Faleatasi, Inc. dba Samoa News reserves all rights.