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      <excerpt>...people deserve to know more about how this task force came to its controversial findings&quot; (Norman, CQ HealthBeat, 11/24). Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) wrote the letter. She said, &quot;These recommendations have caused great confusion among women,&quot; adding,</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Alaska -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski called for a hearing to discuss new recommendations for who should get yearly breast cancer screenings. Murkowski wrote a letter, co-signed by 21 fellow senators, to the chairman and ranking republican member of the Health,</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...public backlash to the controversial new recommendations on breast cancer prevention has prompted Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Ala., and 21 other senators to call for congressional hearings on the issue. The senators signed a letter, drafted by Murkowski, tha</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Step forward Lisa Murkowski, the senior Republican senator for the 49th state and a more powerful politician than Sarah Palin will ever be. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> (RTTNews) - Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, joined by a bipartisan group of fellow Senators, called on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> &amp;quot;This decision today by the Postal Service brings the Christmas spirit back to Alaska,&amp;quot; said Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, one of several Alaska lawmakers ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> WASHINGTON, DC &#8211; US Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following statement regarding her vote against beginning debate on the Democrat health care ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> &amp;quot;It&amp;#39;s just kind of a peek under the curtain, if you will, of what we can anticipate with a government-run program,&amp;quot; said Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska). ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>The word of the moment, courtesy of Alaskan Senator Lisa Murkowski is that USPS has changed its mind. To be honest I&amp;#39;m amazed the Postal Service waded into this one at all. It has lose-lose written all over it. I have plenty of sympathy ...</excerpt>
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