Attorney General Lynch sends federal mediators to defuse standoff over Dakota Access Pipeline

Posted on December 3, 2016 by in Politics

MANDAN, N.D. — As authorities in North Dakota braced for the arrival of more than 2,000 veterans joining the protests against the Dakota Access pipeline this weekend, local law enforcement officials on Saturday criticized the Obama administration for not doing more to resolve the ongoing standoff over the project. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch announced […]
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