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Nicholas Begich: “The administration, our gubernatorial administration, is…”

Featuring: Nicholas Begich, Republican | U.S. House Alaska At-large District

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The Battle for Alaska's Sole House Seat: Nick Begich on House Candidacy

Published | Video Starts at 24:38

I couldn't have said any better. And I totally agree with everything you just said. And let me just add one additional piece to that. You know, The administration, our gubernatorial administration, is actually suing the federal government because of this attempted preemptive veto of the project out in that region of our state. And they're suing for hundreds of billions of dollars because when the state selected these lands, they did so at statehood because they recognized the mineral potential for this region. (24:38–24:52)

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