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On the recordMarch 7, 2011
Well, getting to Mr. Young's implied point then, you are no longer the Bureau of Land Management, you are the Bureau of Land Closures. Why shouldn't we rename your agency to reflect your actual work?
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Criticizing the Bureau of Land Management's focus on land closures over resource management.

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