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      <excerpt>...of a collaborative effort between individual tribes to provide law enforcement assistance to each other,&#8221; Sen. Maria Cantwell said in a statement. The committee chairman, Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D, said the government might have overlooked Indian Count</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...is still pending. &quot;We want good old fashioned competition to prevail, and for that to happen, European launch aid must end,&quot; Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., said. &quot;Failing to account for the massive subsidies granted to Airbus would put Boeing at a huge d</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...here and eventually taking the region's high-paying jobs with them.  &quot;Our great state can't afford to lose you,&quot; said U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell in a statement read to conference attendees. Try something different. Look at an industry outside your experti</excerpt>
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