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(297,190 posts)In some of his strongest language yet, Obama pushed back against the Republican argument that the pipeline is a massive jobs bill for the United States.
Understand what this project is: It is providing the ability of Canada to pump their oil, send it through our land, down to the Gulf, where it will be sold everywhere else. It doesn't have an impact on US gas prices, he said, growing visibly frustrated.
If my Republican friends really want to focus on what's good for the American people in terms of job creation and lower energy costs, we should be engaging in a conversation about what are we doing to produce even more homegrown energy? I'm happy to have that conversation, he continued.
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http://abcnews.go.com/US/obama-doubles-immigration-keystone-pipeline/story?id=26905484
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/11/16/another-tweet-or-two-5/