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On the recordMarch 10, 2010
Obviously, you have a public interest requirement that you have to look into, and I am trying to get at the issue with respect to this merger how the FCC might define the public interest standard.
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

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Thune questions how the FCC defines public interest in relation to a merger.

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