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Gerald Ford: “We can and we must reduce our needs from the projected 12.7 million barrels to less than 5 million barrels.”

On the recordFebruary 24, 1975
We can and we must reduce our needs from the projected 12.7 million barrels to less than 5 million barrels.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks at the White House Conference on Domestic and Economic Affairs in Hollywood, Florida

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