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8. Obama did make an attempt to do the same thing.

Fri Feb 24, 2012, 10:51 AM

Feb 2012

June 24, 2011

"President Obama yesterday approved a sale of 30 million barrels of crude oil from the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) as part of a joint effort with the International Energy Agency to flood global markets with 60 million barrels of petroleum over the next month."

http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/06/24/24greenwire-white-house-defends-oil-reserve-sale-amid-whis-13681.html

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ah thank you. Justice wanted Feb 2012 #2

What exemption from antitrust legislation do oil refiners have? Romulox Feb 2012 #5

The problem isn't an immediate shortage HereSince1628 Feb 2012 #3

Obama did make an attempt to do the same thing. NCTraveler Feb 2012 #8

With the rest of the world also willing to pay that much as well... bhikkhu Feb 2012 #9