Barack Obama actually said...

Two years ago, at the launch of the Open Government Partnership, President Obama announced the U.S. commitment to implement EITI, an international standard aimed at increasing transparency and accountability in the payments that companies make and the revenues governments receive for their natural resources.

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Press Release - Statement by NSC Spokesperson Caitlin Hayden on U.S. Admittance as an Extractive Industries Transparency...

03/18/2014

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