Let me emphasize again, that the Department's recommendation to the President on January 18, 2012, that the application for a Presidential Permit for the Keystone XL pipeline be denied was not based on the merits.
Hillary Clinton: “Let me emphasize again, that the Department's recommendation to the President on January 18, 2012, that the application…”
On the recordJanuary 17, 2012
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Clinton explains the reasoning behind the Keystone XL pipeline permit denial.
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