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Don Young: “We are being asked to believe the irreconcilable argument that drilling now would cause the area to lose its character.”

On the recordSeptember 20, 2011
We are being asked to believe the irreconcilable argument that drilling now would cause the area to lose its character.
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Don Young
Republican · Alaska

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Young challenges the argument against drilling in the 1002 area.

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