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Carl Levin: “Those are the speculators we are talking about.”

On the recordNovember 2, 2011
Those are the speculators we are talking about.
Said by
Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Levin identifies the financial participants influencing oil prices as speculators.

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