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Bush Nominates New ASIA

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by Brad Jolly, Partner

August 7, 2006

President Bush nominated Carl J. Artman as the new Assistant-Secretary of Indian Affairs. Artman is a member of the Oneida Nation Wisconsin. He currently serves as an associate solicitor for Indian affairs at Interior and previously was chief counsel to the Oneida Nation.

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