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On the recordAugust 5, 2009
Obviously, if the kind of parade of horribles that some may have dreamed up were happening elsewhere, we would see States and localities and American citizens beating your doors down for changes in our longstanding policy of Indian and Native American self-determination. I don't believe we are seeing that.
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Daniel Akaka
Democratic · Hawaii

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Akaka emphasizes the lack of demand for changes in Native American policy.

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