Ed Whitfield actually said...

If our President decides that sending three aircraft carrier strike groups to the Strait of Hormuz to defend the free flow of oil, if he thinks that is in the national interest, then one would also think a pipeline from Canada that would help us be less dependent on Middle Eastern oil would also serve the national interest.

Context

Whitfield argues that the Keystone pipeline serves national interest by reducing oil dependence.

01/24/2012

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