Hoping to ease high gas prices, Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) on Sunday announced a plan to crack down on “excessive energy speculation.” The plan includes a measure to fully close the so-called “Enron Loophole,” which the Obama camp says prevents the Commodity Futures Trading Commission from effectively investigating instances where market speculation might be driving up prices.
Speaking at a meeting at the Council on Foreign Relations on Wednesday, former Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson expressed optimism that the next president will be able to accomplish comprehensive immigration reform.
Though Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has long opposed drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska, he indicated Wednesday he is willing to reconsider that position (Springfield News Leader). “I would be more than happy to examine it again,” McCain said at a town hall meeting in Missouri.
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) on Wednesday promised to build forty-five new nuclear reactors (Reuters) by 2030 in the United States if he is elected.
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) laid out his energy policy plans in a speech in Houston, Texas. McCain called for offshore drilling and attacked proposals for a windfall profits tax on oil companies.
“Quite rightly, I believe, we confer a special status on some areas of our country that are
best left undisturbed. When America set aside the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, we called it a ‘refuge’ for a reason.
Stephen Bosworth, Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts Unive
rsity, laid out some key issues for the next president regarding U.S. policy toward Asia in a speech before the Chicago Council on Global Affairs Monday evening.
Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) announced on Monday that he intends to travel to Iraq and Afghanistan (AP) before the November presidential election. Obama also met with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari on Monday. He told reporters he and Zebari discussed his plan to end the war.
“I don’t think an agreement that allows South Korea to import hundreds of thousands of
cars into the U.S., but continues to restrict U.S. car exports into South Korea to a few thousand, is a smart deal. I don’t think that trade agreements without labor or environmental agreements are in our long term interests. If we continue to let our trade policy be dictated by special interests, then American workers will continue to be undermined, and public support for robust trade will continue to erode.”
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) ended his bid for the Republican presidential nomination late las
t week, saying he will now channel the energy of his presidential campaign into “long-term efforts to take back our country.” Paul has said he will not endorse presumptive Republican nominee John McCain. Paul, whose campaign enjoyed massive grassroots political support, advocated a series of libertarian political and economic reforms. He called for a decidedly non-interventionist approach to international affairs.
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