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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Juliet Eilperin / The Bulletin
May 12, 2008
WASHINGTON — In December 2005, Republicans were poised to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil and gas drilling, an achievement they had sought for decades. Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, had attached the provision to a must-pass defense....