Hillary Clinton declines to take position on Keystone (AP) Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday declined again to take a position on the Keystone XL pipeline, telling an audience in Canada that she would not express her views on it because on an ongoing review by the State Department. “We have differences and you won’t get me to talk about Keystone because I have steadily made clear that I’m not going to express an opinion,” said Clinton, a potential 2016 Democratic presidential candidate. “It is in our process and that’s where it belongs.” Clinton was asked about U.S.-Canadian relations during a wide-ranging question-and-answer session in Winnipeg as Congress considers approving construction of the contentious project backed by Canada. The former secretary of state has said previously that it would be inappropriate for her to comment on whether the pipeline project should move ahead, given her past role as Obama’s top diplomat and the State Department’s ongoing assessment. Obama has vowed to veto the congressional legislation as long as the State Department is still conducting a formal review of the project. To date, Clinton has remained neutral on whether the U.S. should allow construction of the TransCanada Corp. pipeline, which would carry more than 800,000 barrels of crude oil a [...] newsinfl/hillary-clinton-declines-to-take-position-on-keystone/
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 22:31:04 +0000
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