Matt Felling
Updated: 07/03/2009 07:46:57 PM AKDT

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today made the following statement after Gov. Sarah Palin’s announcement that she plans to step down as governor later this month. “I am deeply disappointed that the Governor has decided to abandon the State and her constituents before her term has concluded.”

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