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On the recordMarch 28, 2012
Our oil imports have declined from 60 percent in 2005 to the latest number I've seen in your numbers, Howard, 44 percent.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

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Murkowski discusses the decline in U.S. oil imports over the years.

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