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Donald Trump: Oil would be $25 a barrel if our government would let us drill. Our country would be rich again--who needs OPEC.

On the recordSeptember 18, 2012
Oil would be $25 a barrel if our government would let us drill. Our country would be rich again--who needs OPEC.
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