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On the recordMay 18, 2015
There is a famous saying of Golda Meir that Moses tramped all over the Middle East for 40 years and settled in the one place without oil.
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Angus King
Independent · Maine

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Senator King references Golda Meir's quote about oil in the Middle East.

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