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On the recordJuly 15, 2009
As Senator Begich has noted, our Native people live in some of the poorest, most geographically and most economically isolated places in the country.
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Mark Begich
Democratic · Alaska

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Senator Begich highlights the poverty and isolation faced by Native people.

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