28-Jan-2012 - Obama eyes more drilling in Gulf of Mexico

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U.S. President Barack Obama says his administration will open a large swath in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas exploration and development, fending off criticism that his policies have stifled domestic nfl jerseys cheap energy production. Obama is discussing the sale of the oil and gas drilling leases for nearly 15 million hectares in the Gulf and promoting a NFL jerseys highway corridor for vehicles running on liquefied natural gas. It comes days after Republican criticized Obama for rejecting a cross-country oil pipeline — the Keystone XL project proposed by Calgary-based TransCanada Corp — that would have delivered Canadian oilsands crude to refineries in nfl jerseys supply Texas. The president says the nation needs an "all-of-the-above" energy policy, a strategy he calls "cleaner and cheaper and full of new jobs." Obama is at a Las Vegas UPS center that has a refueling station for natural gas vehicles.

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