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Barack Obama: “What will work is investing $15 billion a year over the next decade in renewable sources of energy.”

On the recordOctober 2, 2008
What will work is investing $15 billion a year over the next decade in renewable sources of energy.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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