When supplies from Venezuela and Mexico were reduced to the U.S., who supplied the difference? 
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When supplies from Venezuela and Mexico were reduced to the U.S., who supplied the difference?
was said
They are sensitive to the economic health of their customers ... And they are also sensitive to, and aware of, I’m sure, about the unhappiness that is generated in the United States among the American people and in the Congress about these high oil prices.
said Stephen J Hadley
They’ll be polite ... but they’re not really going to put themselves out to help this president.
said Jon Alterman
