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On the recordNovember 16, 2011
Why did the Obama Department of Energy reverse the Bush Department of Energy decision that the Solyndra loan guarantee was not ready for prime time?
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

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Barton questions the reversal of the Solyndra loan guarantee decision.

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