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To: 2MAR$ who wrote (915779)	1/19/2016 10:14:40 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573950

"Since we've become oil independent" We're currently 7.3 MBPD short of being independent. oil imports Record US oil production has led to a drop in the weekly US crude oil imports. The EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration) reported that weekly US crude oil imports fell by 986,000 bpd (barrels per day) to 7.3 MMbpd (million barrels per day) for the week ending December 18, 2015. The weekly US crude oil imports fell by 12% from 2014 levels marketrealist.com

To: 2MAR$ who wrote (915779)	1/19/2016 10:17:39 PM
From: Broken_Clock	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573950

as if Kerry had anything to do with it…seriously! Obomber made the biggest arms sales in HISTORY to the Saudi murderers this year. abcnews.go.com The Obama administration has quietly forged ahead with its proposal to sell $60 billion worth of fighter jets and attack helicopters to Saudi Arabia unhampered by Congress, despite questions raised in legislative inquiries and in an internal congressional report about the wisdom of the deal. The massive arms deal would be the single largest sale of weapons to a foreign nation in the history of the U.S., outfitting Saudi Arabia with a fully modernized, potent new air force. "Our six-decade-long security relationship with Saudi Arabia is a primary security pillar in the region," Defense Sec. Robert M. Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton wrote in a Nov. 16 letter to congress. "This package continues that tradition." But some critics are questioning the deal, and the stealthy effort by the Obama administration to avoid a more probing congressional review by notifying Congress last month, just as members were headed home for the November elections. Congress had 30 days to raise objections -- a review period that concludes Saturday. With most members leaving Washington today, any significant effort to block the deal appears dead for now, officials said.

To: 2MAR$ who wrote (915779)	1/20/2016 8:13:27 AM
From: Brumar89	3 Recommendations Recommended By FJB jlallen PKRBKR Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573950

Its a big mistake to think there's any strategy followed by the Obama administration. Are you crediting them with driving down oil prices? Well then why did they block Keystone, which would bring more of Canada's oil to market? And why did they go along with the idea of overthrowing Gaddafi and throwing much of Libya's oil production offline? Obama and Kerry sit like frogs on a log and watch the world, not understanding what they see.