"Oren" wrote in message
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On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:45:20 -0500, "David L. Martel"
wrote:

How does buying oil from Canada give the USA energy independence? The
USA
will be depending on Canada. Canada is a foreign country.

Dave M.

Lesser dependence on OPEC and oil from people that want to kill us?
Maybe?

The refined fuel has been promised as export. That was in the orginal
announcement when the pipeline was first proposed.