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Dan Sullivan: “We can't continue to use an election as the excuse for inability to do anything.”

On the recordJanuary 31, 2017
We can't continue to use an election as the excuse for inability to do anything.
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Dan Sullivan
Republican · Alaska

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizing the need for governance beyond electoral excuses.

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