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Byron Dorgan: It's collaboration, and it's a way to get at collaboration. The worst thing you can have is a disaster of some sort, and…

On the recordNovember 11, 2009
It's collaboration, and it's a way to get at collaboration. The worst thing you can have is a disaster of some sort, and people coming together for the first time to figure out what to do.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Dorgan emphasizes the importance of collaboration in disaster response.

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