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Tom Vilsack: “The cost of inaction, I think, is unacceptable.”

On the recordJuly 6, 2009
The cost of inaction, I think, is unacceptable.
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Tom Vilsack
Democratic · Iowa

Editor's note · Context

Vilsack emphasizes the serious economic consequences of failing to address forest issues.

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