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Mark Begich

Mark Peter Begich (; born March 30, 1962) is the junior United States Senator from Alaska and a member of the Democratic Party.

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Sen . Mark Begich on Jobs Lost in His State Due to Exploratory Drill Halt

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Mark Begich on Jobs Lost in His State Due to Exploratory Drill HaltFriday, May 28, 2010Print FNCSen. Mark Begich, D-AlaskaThis is a rush transcript from "Your World With Neil Cavuto," May 27, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.NEIL CAVUTO, ANCHOR : And one big old slick mess. I’m not talking about that leak in the Gulf they think they’re slowing, but the fuss over the president’s decision just hours ago to stop the drilling, because, for the next six months, guess what? It ain’t happening, not only in the Gulf, but in the Arctic.You want to go drilling in deep water, you’re going to have to go deep into next year’s calendar before you can even drive. The move has Republicans up in arms and oil prices, well, just up. That ain’t a typo. We were up better than $3 a barrel today.And even some Democrats — yes, Democrats — are acting up, including Alaska’s Democratic Senator Mark Begich, who says that the president just killed a lot of jobs in his state toda...

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