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On the recordMarch 17, 2011
Mukluk Telegraph is what he would call it. It was a way to convey birthday greetings to people in the next village. It was a way to say: I made it back from hunting camp safely. It is a way of communication. People do not often recognize that in many parts of our State, and certainly along parts of where these teams are traveling right now, we do not have a level of communication that we see in Washington, DC, or in most parts of the country. That is our plug for public radio. I appreciate that bit.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska
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Mar 17, 2011

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