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Joe Manchin: Basically, those of us who lived through the 1974 oil embargo and saw what it had done and how it crippled the Nation.

On the recordFebruary 2, 2011
Basically, those of us who lived through the 1974 oil embargo and saw what it had done and how it crippled the Nation.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Manchin reflects on the impact of the 1974 oil embargo on national security.

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