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Secretary of the Buy Adipex 2009 Interior Ken Salazar gave his official approval to Cape Wind today, clearing the Buy Adipex 2009 way for the nation’s first wind farm to Buy Adipex 2009 be built on federal submerged lands in Nantucket Sound.

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Governor Patrick, who Buy Adipex 2009 has supported Cape Wind since his 2006 gubernatorial campaign, embraced the Buy Adipex 2009 Interior’s decision.

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