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Biden likely to tap oil reserve to try to reduce gas prices: CBS News Flash March 31, 2022

Name: Biden likely to tap oil reserve to try to reduce gas prices: CBS News Flash March 31, 2022
Uploaded: 2022-03-31T06:05:01-0400
Duration: 1 min
Description: President Biden is expected to order the release of up to 1 million barrels of oil a day from the nation's strategic petroleum reserve in a bid to lower gas prices. Russian forces keep pounding Ukraine in areas where Moscow pledged to scale back. And the Hubble telescope has discovered a blue, supergiant star that’s the farther from Earth than any star ever spotted.

President Biden is expected to order the release of up to 1 million barrels of oil a day from the nation's strategic petroleum reserve in a bid to lower gas prices. Russian forces keep pounding Ukraine in areas where Moscow pledged to scale back. And the Hubble telescope has discovered a blue, supergiant star that’s the farther from Earth than any star ever spotted.