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Article: Bush pledges efforts to deal with rising gasoline prices
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- April 29, 2005
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Bush pledges efforts to deal with rising gasoline prices
WASHINGTON, April 28 (Xinhua) -- US President George W. Bush said
here Thursday evening that his administration "is doing everything"
it can to tackle the rising gasoline prices and outlined four steps
to reduce the dependence on foreign sources of energy.
Bush also said that the United States would continue to ask the
oil-producing nations to increase their production.
"Millions of American families and small businesses are hurting
because of higher gasoline prices. My administration is doing
everything we can to make gasoline more affordable," Bush said at a
White House press conference which was televised nationwide.
"In the ...