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VP print pool report: Middletown trip, Part 3

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Julie Carr Smyth
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Friday, August 21, 2026, 12:02 PM

Audrey Robertson, Assistant Secretary of Energy, Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation at the U.S. Department of Energy, said the investment in Cleveland-Cliffs will produce “quality, union-backed, high-paid American jobs” and reduce America’s dependence on foreign sources.

Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine told the crowd Ohio is in a “red hot” economic position.