09/19/2012
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"I believe you will do the best you can, once confirmed."
"You have been a great partner in our work to improve the District and have been, what else can I say, a zealous advocate for its residents for 22 years, and I am still counting."
"I want to say a special thank you or mahalo to your family and friends who are with us today."
"The broad terms Indian and Tribes represented a diversity of people with unique cultures, languages and traditions indigenous to the United States."