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On the recordMay 31, 2010
we lost the ability to have water go into Devils Lake, in order to preserve the ability to get water moved to eastern North Dakota
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Dorgan explains the political compromise regarding water management in North Dakota.

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