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Barack Obama: “We talked about how our dependence on oil threatened our economy; but our will to act rose and fell with the price at…”

On the recordApril 27, 2010
We talked about how our dependence on oil threatened our economy; but our will to act rose and fell with the price at the pump.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Press Release: Remarks of President Barack Obama at POET Biorefining in Macon

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