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On Capitol Hill Lobbying for Hardwood

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Avi Hadad
Nov 1, 2013

This week I'm off the job site and on Capitol Hill in DC as part of the NWFA BOD lobbying with the Hardwood Federation. I got to spend a few minutes with Dana Lee Cole, executive director of the Hardwood Federation, before our dinner on Wednesday night:

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