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tropicangela
05-14-2011, 07:50 PM
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, under pressure over high gasoline prices, Saturday committed to annual oil and gas lease sales in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve and to speeding up production in other areas.

"These spikes in gas prices are often temporary, and while there are no quick fixes to the problem, there are a few steps we should take that make good sense," Obama said.

Saturday's move would extend drilling leases in some areas of the Gulf impacted by last year's temporary moratorium and it will establish a new interagency working group to ensure Arctic leases meet environmental standards.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/05/14/obama-vows-to-expand-oil-production/

JacobG18
05-14-2011, 07:53 PM
he really is worried about losing in 2012

sevin
05-14-2011, 11:25 PM
oh please government save us from high gas prices! :rolleyes:

I saw something about this on Yahoo News. As if it's the government's job to manage prices. It sickens me that most people think the government should be influencing the price of any product. What the fuck happened to this country!?