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Hankins said he wants to get a deal done and doesn’t see the value in negotiating through the media. “I’d like to turn the rhetoric down and not have these conversations in the media, to be honest,” Hankins said. “It’s not helpful. It’s not effective. I just want to get a deal done, and this is not the way for us to get a deal done.”

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