And all the input your b w story. Now, on to the, [000 00 00;00] the russia home to the worlds biggest natural gas reserves. The gas is needed, especially in europe. And to the end of the cold war, ushered in an era of Conflicting Energy dependencies and concerns. In the west. Youre giving the soviet union the heart currency and theyre using that to build up their military. And this is going to come back to haunt. Meanwhile, the 1980s, march, the beginning of one mans extraordinary career. As a case of this stuff, you have to be able to manipulate people because it has no such a single stomach. You should be good. Gas is one of his 2 main tools for coersion, for leverage for influence. Soviet traditions continue golf oil and gas dependencies as a political weapon was par for the course, and the warsaw pact company, one of the worlds most powerful men, history teacher, equally wielded. Whats probably his most effective weapon. With the help of gas problem, Vladimir Putin has implemented
Forward, i have been focused like the laser on trying to help the country get to a Better Safety posture when it comes to the movement of crude by rail. Su the point we have taken 24 shortterm measures that were thought about as bridges longterm answer which is ultimately a rule on this. Just to cut to the chase, you have to have a comprehensive approach to is this issue. There is all lost in the news about hank cars and tank car standards. The cape cod is that mitigation device. Is not a device designed to prevent an accident an accident for some period of time. We have to have a prevention strategy, we have to have a mitigation strategy, we have to have an Emergency Response strategy. One thing we pushed on the department is a comprehensive approach to take into account all those areas and i would say that i think there is the building consensus both outside government but within government, the right way to go. We are still working through the later stages of rulemaking, this is an
It was an inclusive conversation. I am privileged to be here on behalf of the irish people. It is quite unique for a country as small as ireland to reach right to the center of things in the white house and we thank you, president obama, and your wife and family, and your administration for allowing our country to have this access. We are very positive for the future. President obama i should point out that the Prime Minister got me a copy of poems by yates by yeats, one of my favorite poets. Thank you, guys. Thank you. President obama thank you, guys. Interior secretary salazar said yesterday that the Obama Administration is making more areas available for offshore oil and gas trilling but will heighten safety regulations. Her remarks are next. On washington journal, we will look at the house gop budget plan. That is live at 7 00 eastern. The house is in at 10 00 eastern. They will work on it epa regulate they will work on nepa regulations bill. Here are some of our featured programs
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