“The true engine of economic growth will always be companies like Solyndra.”

—  Barack Obama

Speech at Solyndra, May 26, 2010. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy2xEAZhAuo <br class="br">2010, 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill (April 2010)

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