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style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Discussion<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Representatives from a number of Federal Agencies involved in pollinator protection will be available to answer questions <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=default align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Hosted by the Pollinator Partnership (P2)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=default align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><i><span 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