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From Civil Beat:

Gov. Josh Green announced a 10-member advisory committee comprised mostly of Native Hawaiians to weigh in on land lease negotiations with the U.S. military Thursday, hours before Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustees voted to take a more aggressive approach to inserting the organization into the process.

The advisory group will gather information from around the state in an effort to work out a compromise with the Army, committee member William Aila said.

Green named OHA’s interim administrator, Summer Sylva, to the committee. However, the organization had previously asked to directly take part in negotiations and co-lead a group that would decide on the finer details of a deal.

OHA is also calling for the state to temporarily extend the military’s leases to allow more time for negotiations.

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