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On the recordMay 11, 2009
What a difference it would make to our foreign policy if we are successful again in aggressively moving toward energy independence.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

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Shaheen discusses the impact of energy independence on U.S. foreign policy.

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