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Bob Loeffler

21:02 - 21:24

"federal government is the most important industry, if you will, that brings money in."

“federal government is the most important industry, if you will, that brings money in.”
Speaker
Bob Loeffler
Timestamp
21:02 – 21:24
Source
The Impact of Federal Dollars On Alaska’s Economy - 6/23/26
Community
Alaska News
Location
Alaska
Captured at
June 26, 2026

From the transcript

It's money coming in and federal government is the most important industry, if you will, that brings money in. And second, where it's spent. Is really regionally concentrated at the federal facilities. So with that, I'm going to turn it over to Brett, I think, and I'm going to stop sharing. And there we go.

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