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Barack Obama: “It scares me, it saddens me that the CEO of our nation does not understand that inherent link between the conventional…”

On the recordJune 9, 2011
It scares me, it saddens me that the CEO of our nation does not understand that inherent link between the conventional sources of energy that we're dependent upon and our security, our prosperity, our freedom.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Criticism of President Obama's understanding of energy security.

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