WITH THE MOJAVE PROGRAM WE HAVE POTENTIALLY IDENTIFIED A RARE EXAMPLE OF A GAMMA-RAY LOUD AGN (3FHL J0131.1+5546) BEING ASSOCIATED WITH A YOUNG MISALIGNED RADIO SOURCE AND PROPOSE A MULTI-FREQUENCY VLBA STUDY TO CONFIRM THIS SCENARIO. IF OUR HYPOTHESIS PROVES CORRECT THIS AGN WILL SERVE TO REVISE OUR CURRENT UNDERSTANDING OF GAMMA-RAY EMISSION IN AGN JETS AND WILL EXPAND THE TARGET LIST FOR HIGH-ENERGY (TEV) OBSERVATIONS OF AGN TO INCLUDE THE COMPACT SYMMETRIC OBJECT CLASS.
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