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Mark Begich: “I guess I am struggling, and you have to, I guess, give me your thoughts, because you have been around a lot longer than…”

On the recordMay 21, 2013
I guess I am struggling, and you have to, I guess, give me your thoughts, because you have been around a lot longer than I have, and that is if I had staff members, department heads, telling me they just cannot do this, I would fire them.
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Mark Begich
Democratic · Alaska

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Begich expresses frustration over leadership accountability in government spending.

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