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Ron Wyden: “I am increasingly concerned about the gridlock between 2 objectives that this country absolutely has to address. One of…”

On the recordMay 19, 2010
I am increasingly concerned about the gridlock between 2 objectives that this country absolutely has to address. One of them is national security. The other is energy security.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden highlights the conflict between national security and energy projects.

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