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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
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.
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Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York

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Clinton explains the reasoning behind the Keystone XL pipeline permit denial.

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