Chris Wright: “The catalyst for transforming Venezuela is energy.”

There's different ways to look at it. He's always looking, 'How do I lower energy prices? How do I lower heating prices, electricity prices, gasoline prices, diesel prices?

He knew it was going to elevate energy prices in the short run, he said, 'I'm going to take a hit there, but I got to do the right thing.

The president has taken a strong stand that Iran, the world's greatest terrorist regime, cannot and will not have nuclear weapons.

He was well aware of the risk to energy flows that were coming out of the Persian Gulf region.