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Obama explains KXL veto in local broadcast

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President Barack Obama fielded questions on the Keystone XL pipeline and rail safety in a short, six minute interview with regional news WDAY anchor Kerstin Kealy broadcast last Thursday night.

鶹ýӳPart of the reason North Dakota has done so well is that we have been very much promoting domestic, US energies,鶹ýӳ the President said in response to Kealy asking why he vetoed the Keystone bill.

鶹ýӳI鶹ýӳve already said I鶹ýӳm happy to look at how we can increase pipeline production for US oil, but Keystone is for Canadian oil to send that down to the Gulf.

鶹ýӳIt bypasses the United States and is estimated to create a little over 250, maybe 300 permanent jobs,鶹ýӳ Obama continued. 鶹ýӳWe should be focusing more broadly on American infrastructure for American jobs and American producers, and that鶹ýӳs something that we very much support.鶹ýӳ

In the one-on-one sit-down interview in the White House, Kealy also asked the President if rail safety, 鶹ýӳa huge issue in our area,鶹ýӳ was one of his priorities.

鶹ýӳIt is,鶹ýӳ he said. 鶹ýӳWe鶹ýӳve had the Department of Transportation work very closely with both workers, with environmental groups and with the railways to start thinking, how do we upgrade transportation safety when it comes to these big rail cars with potentially hazardous cargo? I think we can do a better job on it.鶹ýӳ


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