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“We now have the opportunity to do some green things that the Historical Commission wouldn’t let us do before.” – Gov. Rick Perry, wryly referring to the burned Governor’s Mansion in his remarks Monday at the grand opening of the AMD Lone Star campus
This article appears in June 20 • 2008.
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