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Byron Dorgan: “The threats posed to the U.S. economy by our dangerous dependence on oil are equally as dire as those posed to our…”

On the recordJanuary 7, 2009
The threats posed to the U.S. economy by our dangerous dependence on oil are equally as dire as those posed to our national security.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Dorgan warns about the economic dangers of oil dependence alongside national security threats.

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