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May 3, 2012

Gulf Drilling Ban Casts Doubt on Obama Policy

Sean Higgins, Investors Business Daily


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Today the Obama administration brags about its "all of the above" energy policy, but two years ago it temporarily banned oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico after the BP oil spill, a move that cut oil output and cost thousands of jobs.

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