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Reynolds University of Alaska No No Book - Cold War Energy $10.00 Accept OEX (Donated) Complete National Cattlemen's Beef Returned to 3/30/2017 Jennifer Houston Association Yes No Homemade Salsa $4.50 Accept Administrator Pruitt Complete Book - The Federalist or The New Returned to 3/31/2017 Douglas R. Cox The Federalist Society No No Constitution $13.31 Accept Administrator Pruitt Complete 3/31/2017 Hannah Cyrus N/A No No Book - Silent Spring $14.95 Accept OEX (Donated) Complete Returned to 4/3/2017 Freya Williams Futerra North America No No Book - Green Giants $14.92 Accept Administrator Pruitt Complete 4/5/2017 Joseph Benante N/A No No Book - The Earth Expanded $26.98 Return/Destroy/Pay OEX (Donated) Complete Book - Nine Commentaries on the 4/11/2017 Jinyu Li N/A No No Communist Party $11.00 Accept OEX (Donated) Complete Returned to 4/13/2017 Ronald B. 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Feulner Resource Bank No No Insulated Mug $14.94 Accept Administrator Pruitt Complete 6/6/2017 Geoffrey Blake N/A No No DVD - Ferngully: The Last Rainforest $13.98 Accept OEX (Donated) Complete Accept (Foreign Gifts Returned to 6/8/2017 Antonello Ciotti COREPLA No Yes Jacket (Recycled PET Bottles) $27.75 & Decorations Act) Administrator Pruitt Complete Rafael Pacchiano Accept (Foreign Gifts Returned to 6/28/2017 Alaman SEMARNAT No Yes Sterling Silver Cufflinks - Aztec Calendar $67.70 & Decorations Act) Administrator Pruitt Complete 7/7/2017 Laura Starks Starks Energy Economics No No Book - The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels $21.57 Return/Destroy/Pay OEX (Donated) Complete 2-inch challenge coin - Governor Herbert / Returned to 7/18/2017 Gary R. 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