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 NEWS  News  media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  TTY  202/  418-  2555  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  This  is  an  unofficial  announcement  of  Commission  action.  Release  of  the  full  text  of  a  Commission  order  constitutes  official  action.  See  MCI  v.  FCC.  515  F  2d  385  (D.  C.  Circ  1974). 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE  NEWS  MEDIA  CONTACT  August  4,  2006  Brigid  Calamis  202-  418-  2200 
 COMMISSIONER  ROBERT  M.  McDOWELL  APPLAUDS  AGREEMENT  BETWEEN  MASN  AND  COMCAST 
 The  following  statement  should  be  attributed  to  FCC  Commissioner  Robert  M.  McDowell: 
 “As  a  Washington  Nationals  fan,  I  am  delighted  that  MASN  and  Comcast  have  reached  an  agreement.  I  am  further  pleased  that  the  parties  have  resolved  this  dispute  in  a  private-  sector 
 setting.  With  this  deal,  everyone  wins:  Comcast,  MASN,  the  Nationals  and,  most  importantly,  Nationals  fans.” 


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