Don Young
Don Young
Donald Edwin "Don" Youngis an American politician and member of the Republican Party who has served as the U.S. Representative for Alaska's at-large congressional district since March 1973. He is the longest-serving member ever of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Alaska...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth9 June 1933
CountryUnited States of America
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I am extremely proud of our remarkable men and women who serve in our military, but the reality is that this is a shrinking percentage of the American population. Unfortunately, this has resulted in a growing disconnect between our military and civilian population. At one time, we had participation from nearly every American. Victory gardens, metal collections, saving stamps and bonds-everyone did their part to support our military. We simply don't do that anymore.
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The military taught me the importance of getting something done in a timely manner and the importance of completing a mission on time. My lieutenant would say, 'If you don't, you die.' In many ways, life is the same. If you don't pay attention to a timeline, you lose out on the ability to accomplish the task at hand.
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I never had the chance to decide; I was drafted to serve my nation. While I received a deferment to attend school, I ultimately served in the United States Army in the years following the Korean conflict.
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You've got to be willing to forgive and say, 'God, get something good out of something bad.' And if you'll make that choice... God will do it.
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We wonder why we have got the Freemen or the militants. We wonder why we have got unrest in this country. It is because our government, in fact, has got out of hand and out of line, with the Endangered Species Act.
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That's one of our biggest problems, it's always somebody else's fault instead of our own fault.
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If it is warming, it's because it's happened before, cyclitic, it will happen again, regardless of what you and I do.
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I can't convince you to put the drink down if you're an alcoholic, you have to want to do that. I can't convince you to stop eating the cookies when you're a diabetic. You have to do that. And that takes responsibility.
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Business has always been pretty steady. We're incredibly busy right now. We've got good people who have been here a long time.
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So far, the prices are still pretty decent. Our bean yields are down 30 percent, but our corn just seems to be up to average this year.
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We're looking at staying as long as it takes this time, ... We're going down there basically to make a wage with our equipment.
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