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Joe Manchin: “You believe that basically we, as a country, could be energy independent if we use the resources we have available?”

On the recordJune 6, 2011
You believe that basically we, as a country, could be energy independent if we use the resources we have available?
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Manchin questions the potential for U.S. energy independence using domestic resources.

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