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Ed Whitfield: Instead of being beholden to energy exporting nations, we are fast becoming one ourselves.

On the recordMay 6, 2013
Instead of being beholden to energy exporting nations, we are fast becoming one ourselves.
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Ed Whitfield
Republican · Kentucky

Editor's note · Context

Whitfield notes the shift in U.S. energy status from dependency to becoming an exporter.

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