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Ken Salazar: “If I may, Chairman Dorgan, one of the realities of this Department that I have frankly discovered in the first few weeks…”

On the recordFebruary 11, 2009
If I may, Chairman Dorgan, one of the realities of this Department that I have frankly discovered in the first few weeks that I have been there is that there is a perception that this is a department only of the west.
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Ken Salazar
Democratic · Colorado

Editor's note · Context

Salazar addresses misconceptions about the Department's focus, asserting it serves all of America.

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