07/19/2011
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"I believe Alaska Native participation in the 8(a) program overall has been one of the most successful programs this government has done."
"As Senator Begich has noted, our Native people live in some of the poorest, most geographically and most economically isolated places in the country."
"Do you see any difference in the sense of what they should be able to do or not do?"
"I do not disagree. I have been in small business for 25 years."