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Gerald Ford: “The United States is dependent on foreign sources for about 37 percent of its present petroleum needs.”

On the recordMay 26, 1975
The United States is dependent on foreign sources for about 37 percent of its present petroleum needs.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Address to the Nation on Energy Programs

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