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      <excerpt>...all over the world,&quot; she said. &quot;I liked her speech, but I disagree with her completely on the climate comments,&quot; said Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., a sharp critic of the Senate bill. Merkel made the same plea on climate action earlier in a meeting with Pr</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...all over the world,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I liked her speech, but I disagree with her completely on the climate comments,&#8221; said Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., a sharp critic of the Senate bill. Merkel made the same plea on climate action earlier in a meeting w</excerpt>
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      <title>Announcements November 4, 2009</title>
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      <excerpt>...droughts, reduced snowpack, shrinking reservoirs and stream flow -- that are real and growing more serious each year.   Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., ridiculously claims the rules will &quot;allow special interest groups with narrow agendas to block all existi</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...  &quot;I realize that congressional action on climate change is not moving as fast as the administration may want,&quot; said Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., chairman of the Senate Western Caucus. &quot;However, businesses in the West are worried about potential court ch</excerpt>
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