Under the leadership of Secretary Salazar, we'll employ new technologies that reduce the impact of oil exploration. We'll protect areas vital to tourism, the environment and our national security. And we'll be guided not by political ideology, but by scientific evidence.
Barack Obama: “Under the leadership of Secretary Salazar, we'll employ new technologies that reduce the impact of oil exploration.…”
On the recordApril 28, 2010
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President Obama discusses the administration's approach to offshore drilling and environmental protection.
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