A letter signed by a bipartisan group of 45 top national security, labor, and energy policy experts to U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM), Chair of the Senate Energy Committee.
The letter, which is a version of a letter the group sent earlier to President Bush begins:
Dear Mr. Chairman;
We are writing to follow up on the letter we sent to the President in March urging an aggressive program to address America's growing dependence on foreign oil, which in our judgement endangers our national and economic security...
Signatories of the letter include: Timothy E. Wirth, President of the United Nations Foundation and former U.S. Senator from Colorado;
C. Boyden Gray, White House Counsel to President George H.W. Bush;
R. James Woolsey, former Director of Central Intelligence; Robert McFarlane, National Security Advisor to President Reagan;
Frank Gaffney, former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense in the Reagan Administration;
John Podesta, White House Chief of Staff to President Clinton;
Richard Trumka, Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO;
Charles Curtis, Deputy Secretary of Energy in the Clinton Administration. Adm. William Crowe, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, for President Reagan;
Adm. James Watkins, Secretary of Energy for President G.H.W. Bush
William Reilly, EPA Administrator, for President G.H.W. Bush;
Gen. Richard Lawson, former President of the National Mining Association;
Larry Schweiger, President of the National Wildlife Federation;
former U.S. Sen. Gary Hart and
former Congressmen Vic Fazio, Jim Greenwood, and Phil Sharp.
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