01/12/2009
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"I think our concern is that having some grid going to some remote area in North Dakota, which is going to have no benefit for anybody up here, that we end up, our constituents end up paying for that."
"So saying it is going to end in March is just kind of like saying we are going to withdraw troops in Afghanistan in 18 months."
"I would say perhaps that's more true among people who are in the government than it is Afghanis, writ large."
"I do hope--and I see the chairman has left--but, since this is so Pakistan-centric, I hope that Ann Patterson--I know she's here--will be made available and we will have hearings with her and others i..."