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On the recordOctober 5, 2011
The system from Kodiak up around, would be around $400 million to build. But over time, it will save ten times that, or a hundred times that, in costs to the Federal Government and the State government.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

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Murkowski discusses the long-term cost savings of building a communication system in Alaska.

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