05/09/2011
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"I look forward to working with my colleagues to make history by confirming the first Alaska Native person to this position."
"the responsibility the President has asked you to take on is an extraordinary one."
"I am such an unabashed proponent of the fact this will be the first Alaska Native woman nominated to this position."
"I want to extend my congratulations and of course my full support to Tara Sweeney for the position for which she has been nominated as Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs at the Department of Inter..."