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Video Clips/Bert Stedman
0:10

Bert Stedman

11:18 - 11:29

"I think the buyback is one of them. There's mechanics if you take a literal interpretation of that document, it may not be as accurate as looking at it in the entirety."

“I think the buyback is one of them. There's mechanics if you take a literal interpretation of that document, it may not be as accurate as looking at it in the entirety.”
Speaker
Bert Stedman
Timestamp
11:18 – 11:29
Source
Alaska Legislature: MSC2-20260626-1410
Community
Alaska News
Location
Alaska

From the transcript

And I think the buyback is one of them. There's mechanics if you take a literal interpretation of that document, it may not be as accurate as looking at it in the entirety.

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