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Dick Lugar: The idea obviously, just following your reasoning, was to have an independent source of oil or natural gas or both that…

On the recordMarch 15, 2011
The idea obviously, just following your reasoning, was to have an independent source of oil or natural gas or both that were not involved with Russia and offered, therefore, a competitive element.
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Dick Lugar
Republican · Indiana

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Discussing the Nabucco pipeline's role in energy independence from Russia.

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