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The Obama administration is talking out of both sides of its mouth when it comes to energy policy. During a visit to Anchorage, Alaska, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said the Obama administration supports more oil drilling. Pointing to a conditional permit to allow four exploratory wells to be drilled off the coast of Alaska, Salazar told a group of Alaskan business leaders that the President's feeling toward Arctic offshore drilling is, "Let's take a look at what's up there and see what it is we can develop."

Of course, what he didn’t say is that this is the same administration that killed similar drilling plans in 2010 and revoked a major source air quality permit that was already granted by the EPA. So here we are, two years and billions of dollars later, in the exact same place in the process. In other words, were it not for the administration stonewalling the permitting process, we could already be creating desperately needed jobs and be well on the way towa! rds bringing more Alaskan oil to the market.

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