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03-04-2017, 11:50 PM
http://cdmagurus.com/cron.php?rand=1488685819 (https://www.yahoo.com/news/why-keystone-xl-pipeline-wont-buy-us-steel-202645617.html)From the start of President Trump’s election campaign, two aspects of his political identity –-the businessman and the populist –-have dueled for dominance. At least in the case of the Keystone XL pipeline, the businessman appears to be winning out. Speaking to reporters onboard Air Force One on Friday, White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that the pipeline, which has been in the works for a decade, will be exempt from an executive order Mr. Trump signed in January requiring new pipelines, repairs, or retrofits to use US steel “to the maximum extent possible.” The justification for that decision: The pipeline is already under construction, and so is not covered by the executive order.



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