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February 18, 2013

Obama Caught Between Friends in Keystone Fight

Byron York, Washington Examiner


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A brief moment on Wednesday showed why President Obama can't win when it comes to the Keystone XL pipeline. In front of the White House, protesters led by actress Daryl Hannah and the head of the Sierra Club demanded that Obama kill the project. Just a few blocks away, the head of the AFL-CIO's powerful Building and Construction Trades Department joined with the American Petroleum Institute to demand that Obama approve it. . .

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TAGGED: Environmentalism, Hollywood, U.S. energy policy, Politics, Keystone Pipeline XL, WASHINGTON EXAMINER, oil pipeline, oil

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