03/16/2009
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"Is this something that you will commit to me and to our Alaska Native villages, not just the Alaska Native villages, but we have other communities as well that are in jeopardy?"
"Let me ask you then, because I agree with everything that you have said."
"When the Obama Administration announced its climate resilience grants last year, they thought ah ha, this is exactly where we can go and they made application through the Administration."
"Even more recent was Kivalina's request. They submitted their application for major disaster declaration on January 15, 2017."