On the recordMay 8, 2008
I want to begin elementally by saying that the nexus between energy and national security and our environment is the most important policy challenge of our time. And all of the conflicts of the world have some relation to those three challenges. There's obviously religious undertones and whatnot, but those have been around forever. These challenges now all kind of collide. That's this nexus that I am talking about. On the national security front, you mentioned Thomas Friedman's column, and there is one quote in it that I wanted to point out where he says, `` `There are 23 countries in the world that derive at least 60 percent of their exports from oil and gas and not a single one is a real democracy.…
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