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"WASHINGTON, D.C. &amp;mdash; Reps. Doc Hastings and Cathy McMorris Rodgers are among 74 congressmen and senators urging the removal of federal protections for the gray wolf. A Wednesday letter sent to the U.S. Fish &amp;amp; Wildlife Service &amp;mdash; not signed by Rep. Dave Reichert and Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell &amp;mdash; is in &amp;ldquo;strong support&amp;rdquo; of the agency&amp;rsquo;s proposal to remove the gray wolf from the list of threatened or endangered species 35 years after it was initially listed&amp;hellip;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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