09/26/1989
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"America is addicted to oil."
"It profoundly affected him. Yesterday, when he was here in the Oval Office, I saw the deep concern he had about a person who he wounded."
"I'm satisfied with the explanation he gave."
"I thought the vice president handled the issue just fine. He went -- and I thought his explanation yesterday was a powerful explanation. He heard a bird flush, and he turned and pulled the trigger and..."