06/22/2010
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"Isn't the urgency of this such that a more dramatic push is really in the national interest?"
"we're in two shooting wars in the Middle East, in large measure, because of our dependence on imported petroleum"
"For the better part of 50 or 60 years, our foreign policy had been deeply entwined with oil, in one form or another."
"For many years, starting with President Bush, now with President Obama, presidents and everyone else have said we have a dependence upon imported oil, which is dangerous in terms of our strategic posi..."