But during World War Two, national leaders recognized the importance of the territory to security in the Pacific.

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He said that you bought Nicaraguan bonds in 1987 from Security Pacific and you were the only buyer.

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Earlier in his career, Salem was a vice president at Security Pacific Merchant Bank, where he led projects for the development of real-time trading systems.

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Two of the biggest local banks, First Interstate and Security Pacific, have been taken over by San Francisco-based companies, Wells Fargo and Bank of America.

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