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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defying the Republican-run Congress, President Barack Obama rejected a bill Tuesday to approve construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, wielding his veto power for only the third time in his presidency.
and it appears a buddy of Mr Obama, a chap with deep pockets, feels he made the wrong call;
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/repo...s-us-thumbing-nose-at-canada/article23248539/
The Keystone XL pipeline got an emphatic endorsement Monday from a powerful backer of President Barack Obama who questioned the handling of the file.
To billionaire investor Warren Buffett, the delay is a thumbing of the nose at Canada.
“I would have passed Keystone,” Buffett said in an interview with CNBC
“That [oil] is a valuable resource of North America, and Canada has been a terrific partner over the decades, and for us to kind of thumb our nose at them, you know, [that’s] not what I would do.”
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It wasn’t the only development welcomed Monday by pipeline supporters. The Washington Post’s “Fact Checker” feature also tore into Obama’s repeated claims that the pipeline would do nothing but export Canadian oil.
The Post pointed out that in addition to Canadian bitumen, the pipeline would also carry oil from North Dakota and Montana to U.S. Gulf Coast refineries.
It gave the President the worst possible truth-telling score – “Four Pinocchios.” It said Obama’s statements contradicted the findings of his own State Department’s review.
“Clearly, the report remains unread,” the Post piece said.
“If he disagrees with the State Department’s findings, he should begin to make the case why it is wrong, rather than assert the opposite, without any factual basis.”