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Gerald Ford: “We need a program that will make us invulnerable to the possibility of foreign oil embargoes or any other action.”

On the recordJanuary 22, 1975
We need a program that will make us invulnerable to the possibility of foreign oil embargoes or any other action.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Exchange With Reporters Following a Meeting With Northeastern State Governors

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