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Even though President Obama said no to the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, its proponents continue to claim that allowing a Canadian company to pump its tar sands oil down the middle of our country will somehow improve national security here in the United States.
 
Don’t believe it. Here’s why.
 
Keystone XL is primarily an export pipeline. It will not bring any more new oil to our country. It will simply allow the oil industry to bypass the American energy market as it sends Canadian crude to the Gulf of Mexico, where it can be sold at higher prices to foreign buyers on the global oil market.
 
And just because this oil originates in a friendly foreign country doesn’t mean the United States will be any less dependent on oil from less-friendly countries.

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