Barack Obama actually said...

We have enormous commercial ties between our two countries and we pledged to work diligently to strengthen them, particularly around key issues like renewable energy and transportation, where Spain has been a worldwide leader and the United States I think has enormous potential to move forward.

Context

Obama emphasized the importance of U.S.-Spain ties in renewable energy.

02/28/2009

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