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State Department adviser: Conditions are different from when Obama called gas tax holiday a ‘gimmick’
A State Department official defended President Biden’s decision to urge Congress to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes for the summer as a measure of relief for the public.  Amos Hochstein, the senior adviser for global energy security in the department, told CNN’s John Berman on Wednesday that current conditions are different from when then-presidential candidate Barack Obama called a gas tax holiday a “gimmick” when running for president.  Obama said in April 2008 as the Great Recession was underway and gas prices soared that approving a temporary relief period is not the answer to rising costs.  “We’re arguing over a gimmick to save you half a tank of gas over the cours

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