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So we are now still dependent on foreign oil, have a problem with global warming, and are losing jobs rapidly to the Japanese in fuel-efficient vehicles as a result of that very shortsighted progress.

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Jay Inslee
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: February 9
Governor Of Washington
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Jay Robert Inslee
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