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On the recordFebruary 3, 2010
I am wondering when we might expect to get that rationale. Hopefully, it will be more instructive than just that the President has zeroed it out.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

Editor's note · Context

Murkowski questions the rationale behind President Obama's budget decision on Yucca Mountain funding.

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