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If you opened up every single potential drilling opportunity in the United States, it would have the effect of lowering gas prices three cents, maybe. And that's because, of course, oil is traded on a global market.
Jennifer Granholm
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Jennifer Granholm
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: February 5
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