The US Energy warp
The House Foreign Affairs Committee will be holding a hearing to discuss the national security implications of U.S. oil dependence, the dangers of which have become increasingly evident over the past six years. President Bush has lamented our country’s fundamental energy insecurity in each of his State of the Union addresses. Most recently, he notified us that “For too long our nation has been dependent on foreign oil.” Yet the United States remains without a viable strategy for meeting this challenge.
In order to fill this void, the National Security Task Force on Energy -- which includes John Deutch, who will be testifying on Thursday, as well as former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and several experts from the Center for American Progress -- has developed a new comprehensive framework for tackling the full spectrum of unaddressed energy security issues, from climate change to nuclear proliferation to the global competition for scarce resources.
In order to fill this void, the National Security Task Force on Energy -- which includes John Deutch, who will be testifying on Thursday, as well as former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and several experts from the Center for American Progress -- has developed a new comprehensive framework for tackling the full spectrum of unaddressed energy security issues, from climate change to nuclear proliferation to the global competition for scarce resources.
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