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		<lastmod>2020-04-28T17:14:44+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://azuretest.nichols.law/coronavirus-indemnification-the-federal-government-should-broadly-authorize-use-of-p-l-85-804-to-protect-covid-19-contractors-as-it-did-for-anthrax-and-ebola/</loc>
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