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billions in tax give aways every year. now i want to make clear. we know drilling for oil has to be a key part of our overall oil strategy. we want u.s. oil companies to be doing well. we want them to succeed. that s why under my administration, we have opened up millions of acres of federal lands and waters to oil and gas production. we have quadrupled the number of oil rigs to a record high. we have added enough oil and gas pipeline to circle the earth and then some. just yesterday we announced the next step for potential new oil and gas exploration in the atlantic. the fact is we re producing more oil right now than we have in eight years and we re importing less of it as well. for two years in a row, america has bought less oil from other countries than we produce here at home. for the first time in over a decade. so american oil is booming. the oil industry is doing just fine. with record profits and rising production, i m not worried about the big oil companies. with hi
he travels to italy to make the transition himself. it has now been met. unesco is gaining a new member but losing $60 million. the u.s. is withdrawing its pledge after the u.n. agency accepted a palestinian bid for full member. the u.s. and israel argued that the move would harm peace talks. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning from cnn lan. i m charles hodson. tuesday, the first of november. the greek bailout is now in the hands of the greek people at great risk to the euro-zone debt. mf global is forced to declare bankruptcy protection. weakness in europe and the united states spreads to china, slowing down the factories pow iring the world s second largest economy. well, a new trading day has just begun in europe. we re expecting and getting losses, but we ll have prices in a moment as soon as they re reasonable. they ve slipped for the second day in in a row following the u.s. market slid