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The United States is less reliant on foreign oil than at times in the past. And of the oil we do import, only 8% comes from the Middle East. Why, then, have gasoline prices gone through the roof at America’s pumps?

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America barely uses Middle East oil. So why did gas prices rise?

If the United States buys so little oil from the Persian Gulf, why would a war in the region cause gas prices here to spike?

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