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Article: STATE DEPT.: U.S. OFFICIAL OUTLINES WESTERN HEMISPHERE ENERGY SECURITY ISSUES
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- March 2, 2006
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The U.S. Department of State's International Information Programs issued the following press release:
Because economic growth and development in the Western Hemisphere depend increasingly on ensuring resources to supply reliable, affordable, clean energy, nations must cooperate to realize greater energy security, says Karen Harbert, assistant secretary for policy and international affairs at the U.S. Department of Energy.
In March 2 testimony before the House Committee on International Relations' Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, Harbet told lawmakers that high oil and natural gas prices, infrastructure vulnerability and political volatility in traditional production areas are among the ...