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On Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 08:17:37 AM CST, Strotman, Bill via Announce <announce@usml.net> wrote:
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Klein Nine via Announce<br clear="none">
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 30, 2025 7:52 AM<br clear="none">
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<b>Cc:</b> Klein Nine <KleinNine@pm.me><br clear="none">
<b>Subject:</b> [USML Announce] Happy Birthday Mr. Commissioner!</span></p>
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<p style="background:white;" class="ydp8ebc1419yiv7125550439MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">Happy birthday to our esteemed Commissioner, Mark Blocker. Although Mark is recently retired from Sidley, we are fortunate that he is still
in the saddle at USML headquarters!</span></p>
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<p class="ydp8ebc1419yiv7125550439MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;">Owner, Klein Nine (est. 1990)</span></p>
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