Bill Clinton actually said...

I directed the Secretary of Energy to exchange 30 million barrels of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve over the next 30 days.

Remarks on the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and an Exchange With Reporters

09/22/2000

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We owe that to them and to future generations.

Today is a big step along that path.

I will do everything I can to provide legal finality for them and to remove the potential cloud hanging over German companies doing business...

Today's meeting is a big step in the right direction.