Senator Byron Dorgan
WAP2001110889 - 08 NOVEMBER 2001 - WASHINGTON, D.C. USA: Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) as he appears November 8, 2001, during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the financial conditions of the U. S. Postal Service. rw/Ricardo Watson. UPI
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