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Bush Wants Offshore Oil Drilling Allowed

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President George W. Bush today will urge Congress to lift the ban on offshore oil drilling, a move that is in line with a similar push by Republican presidential candidate John McCain. (Bloomberg [1], Wednesday)

Why is this the government's call?

FEE Timely Classic
The Wealth of the Oceans [2] by Robert Poole, Jr.


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[1] Bloomberg: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087amp;sid=aFqxrTNf_DsIamp;refer=home

[2] The Wealth of the Oceans: http://www.fee.org/Publications/the-Freeman/article.asp?aid=6684

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