Chris Wright: “I think things are going reasonably well there but the flip side is, you have to look at every wrench you’ve got to…”

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.

Everything we're doing is to grow the supply of diesel, to grow the supply of gasoline, and frankly, again, to reverse years of policies that have been directed exactly the opposite-to shrink our ability to produce, refine, and deliver…

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

Not only would ending this war end the killing of tens of thousands of people every month, it would dramatically lower energy prices.