power plants in their backyards. and as the political season kicks into high gear, we may be hearing drill, baby, drill, again as a popular refrain. the president responded to all of that yesterday by laying out what he calls a blueprint for a secure energy future. but the folks who have been around washington for a while, those promises sounded very familiar. watch. at the end of the decade, in the year 1980, the united states will not be dependent on any other country for the energy we need. we must reduce oil imports by 1 million barrels per day by the end of this year. beginning this moment, this nation will never use more foreign oil than we did in 1977. never. another great goal, to replace more than 75% of our oil imports from the middle east by 2025. well, carl davenport, reports on energy for national journal