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The Oil and Gas Industry in Oklahoma Needs Protecting

Peter Bergen: It's not certain that Obama will do anything to follow through on his own acknowledgments that climate change is real. But what does he say about the oil and gas industry that's so important there in Oklahoma? Well, the gas industry from the perspective of just about every member of Congress in a state like Oklahoma needs protecting," Bergen says. "Restoring nature to its natural state is a cause beyond party and beyond factions," Nixon said during 1970 State of the Union address.

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