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Clinton refuses to comment on Keystone pipeline

 

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Hillary Clinton says she will not take a position on the Keystone XL pipeline until she becomes President, citing her work on the issue as US secretary of state.

Clinton told voters in New Hampshire yesterday that she will not 鶹ýӳsecond-guess鶹ýӳ President Obama鶹ýӳs pending decision on the pipeline. She said that would not be the 鶹ýӳright thing to do鶹ýӳ because the government鶹ýӳs review of the project started during her tenure at the State Department.

Responding to a demand for a 鶹ýӳyes鶹ýӳ or 鶹ýӳno鶹ýӳ to the pipeline, Clinton said: 鶹ýӳIf it鶹ýӳs undecided when I become president, I will answer your question.鶹ýӳ

Two of Mrs. Clinton鶹ýӳs Democratic opponents, former Gov. Martin O鶹ýӳMalley of Maryland and Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, have both said they oppose the Keystone project.

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Senator John Hoeven, a North Dakota Republican and leading congressional supporter of the US$8 billion proposal, cited unidentified 鶹ýӳsources鶹ýӳ yesterday in predicting President Barack Obama will reject the pipeline proposal in August.

鶹ýӳThe earliest we鶹ýӳll now see it, we think, is in 2018鶹ýӳ under the next US President, said Patrick Kenny, an analyst at National Bank Financial in Calgary.

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