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- 1 2 "Office of Advocacy - Press Releases - Lynn Bromley Appointed Region I Advocate". SBA.gov. Archived from the original on 26 September 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- ↑ Mainer gets regional SBA post Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine WGME.com, December 21, 2010
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