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David McCormick: “We were enormously dependent on Saudi Arabia for its oil.”

Featuring: David McCormick, Republican | U.S. Senate, Pennsylvania

On the Issues: Dave McCormick (4/10/2024)

Published April 10, 2024 | Video Starts at 07:50

And my unit was the first unit to deploy along the Kuwait, Saudi Arabian border. Because at the time, and this goes to energy policy, at the time, We were enormously dependent on Saudi Arabia for its oil. And the fear was that Saddam Hussein, who had already invaded Kuwait, was going to go past Kuwait into Saudi Arabia and take over the oil fields. (07:50–07:56)

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Asserts that the U.S. was heavily reliant on Saudi Arabian oil.

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