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On the recordFebruary 14, 2011
There are a lot of pieces of legislation floating now to try to figure out how do we deal with this from a defense perspective and a national security perspective.
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Mark Begich
Democratic · Alaska

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Senator Begich discusses the need for legislation on rare earth materials for national security.

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