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  • Santorum stands by English condition for Puerto Rico statehood (Standing Firm)

    03/16/2012 6:43:37 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 46 replies
    CNN ^ | 03/16/2012
    Presidential hopeful Rick Santorum on Thursday defended a condition he said Puerto Rico must meet to be eligible for statehood: "English needs to be the principal language." Campaigning in the territory ahead of their Sunday primary, Santorum had on Wednesday said, "There are other states with more than one language, like Hawaii, but to be a state of the United States, English must be the principal language." Speaking to CNN's National Political Correspondent Jim Acosta on Thursday, he stood by his comments. "Obviously Spanish will be spoken here on the island. But this needs to be a bilingual country not...