Obama rejects Canada-Texas oil pipeline — for now (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Wed, 01/18/2012 - 5:21pm

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, second from right, accompanied by fellow Republican leaders, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, to voice their opposition to President Barack Obama's decision to reject the Keystone XL pipeline.<br /><br />From left are, Rep. Tim Griffin, R-Ark.; Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas; Boehner; and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va.<br /><br />(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Raising the stakes on a bitter election-year fight with Republicans, President Barack Obama on Wednesday rejected a Canadian company's plan to build a U.S.-spanning, 1,700-mile pipeline to carry oil across six U.S. states to Texas refineries.




 

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