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On the recordSeptember 22, 1980
This threat to the oil supplies from Iran and Iraq is a vivid demonstration of the need for the exact energy policy that my administration has put through the Congress and now has implemented.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Los Angeles, California Remarks in an Interview With Reporters From Newscenter 4, KNBC-TV

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