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America needs to be able to be energy-independent, and the electric vehicle, the battery technology is one way of getting there.

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Jennifer Granholm
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: February 5
Beauty Pageant Contestant
Former Governor Of Michigan
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Jennifer Mulhern Granholm
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