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Ben Nelson: “How are we going to make it work? How are we going to, over a longer strategy, make the dollars work to meet the…”

On the recordMarch 13, 2012
How are we going to make it work? How are we going to, over a longer strategy, make the dollars work to meet the obligations we've undertaken?
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Ben Nelson

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Senator Nelson questions the feasibility of meeting cleanup obligations under budget constraints.

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