russian oil imports into the united states. to punish the russians. but that obviously creates a gap in supply here in the u.s. in the long run, we re going to fill that gap by increasing oil production here to make up that difference. the president talked about that today, talked about things like use it or lose it for oil leases to be given to the industry. what the industry tells us is it will take a few months to ramp up production and make up the lost russian oil. so in the meantime, what we re doing is this release of a million barrels a day from the strategic petroleum reserve. that s a bridge in our supply to get us to where domestic produced oil can make up what we ve lost from russia. we think it s very sustainable. we think it will take about six months for domestic production to catch up, so doing a million barrels a day for six months closes that gap and helps make sure that we minimize the impact on the american people. we know president said from day one that if russia
that s a 12% increase just since january, and they re blaming people. most of them are blaming president biden. 38% of people hold him responsible, with just 6% blaming russia s invasion of ukraine. also today, the united states leveled new sanctions on russian technology companies. this is a white house fighting fires putting out fires on multiple fronts and we re lucky now to be joined by white house chief of staff ron klain. hey there. hey, nicole, thanks for having me. so, i know you re busy this time of day. this is sort of when all the problems that you haven t dealt with yet end up on your desk and everyone wants an answer before normal end of business, so we re happy to see you. i wonder if you can explain the policy, explain what you hope it achieves, and then explain how sustainable it can be. well, so, nicole, look, what we need, as the president said, we need to replace the gap in u.s. supply caused by the president s decision to block
because they don t want to up set the political apple cart. it involves the former president of the united states, the former chief of staff, people with big titles and positions held inside the government and don t want to set a bad precedent. the precedent is set if you allow this to go unchecked by doj and the justice system as a whole because the president s behavior, we have seen and heard the words. we have seen the brag doeshs nature that they think they are politically immune and immune from prosecution from this because it s involvings trump. i think we ll watch to the points very closely over the
i think everything we ve done has helped bring the allies together to confront russia and russian aggression but for that to be sustainable for the long run, we have to have the support of the american people. they have to understand what we re doing and why we re doing it. the president s been very honest that this would not be cost-free for us, as we impose these devastating costs on putin, he would be able to impose some costs back on us and that is what we re seeing but we re trying to make sleer to the american people, we re going to try to soften that blow any way we can. we re trying to look out for the consumers here in this country, even as we deal with this crisis in europe. i think that s part of presidential leadership. i think as we ve seen presidents in the past, when they face these kinds of foreign policy crises, and that s what you re seeing from president biden now. the ex-president who was impeached twice, once for trying to get dirt on the biden family and the sec
are you taking a statin drug to reduce cholesterol? it can also deplete your coq10 levels.ger than any other chew. i recommend considering qunol coq10 along with your statin medication. the brand i trust is qunol. question about me pulling back the forces depends on how you read exactly what s going on. thus far, there is no clear evidence that he s pulling all his forces out of kyiv. there s also evidence that he is beefing up his troops down in the donbas area. depending on your view of putin, i m a little skeptical. color him skeptical. that was president joe biden earlier today casting doubt on vladimir putin s claims that russia is in any way, shape, or form scaling back its military presence from ukraine amid ongoing peace talks.