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Obama Glosses Over DAPL Question
Published on Sep 7, 2016
Obama was at a meeting at Souphanouvong University in Laos when an audience member asked him specifically what he's going to do to protect our water, indigenous sacred lands and defend them from Dakota Access Pipeline.
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It's not like "he has his eye on every sparrow" out of the blue! 
He's in Laos!
He'll weigh in when he gets up to speed.
He is right about one thing.
Unprecedented deference has been given to the Native American tribes. Virtually every construction project using Federal funds now has to be signed off on by Native tribal authorities.
