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On the recordSeptember 10, 2010
We also know our Federal Government has not done as good a job as it should have been doing in meeting those obligations and the promises that have been made.
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota

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Franken criticizes the federal government's failure to fulfill its obligations to Native Americans.

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