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Jon Tester: “If it is trust land, who are you negotiating with, because the Federal Government is the landowner?”

On the recordDecember 8, 2009
If it is trust land, who are you negotiating with, because the Federal Government is the landowner?
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Jon Tester
Democratic · Montana

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Tester questions the negotiation process regarding trust land ownership.

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