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Watching Government: Adult conversations needed

05/23/2011
Nick SnowWashington EditorThree days of blatant political posturing by the Obama administration and several US Senate Democrats left Charles T. Drevna wondering how much more time must pass before those politicians are ready to have an adult conversation with the oil and gas industry.He spoke with OGJ on May 16 after the US Senate Finance Committee's May 12 hearing where members sternly lectured the chief executives of the nation's five biggest integrated oil companies for defending tax deductions other businesses routinely take, and US President Barack Obama's May 14 weekly radio address in which he simultaneously called for more domestic exploration and production and repeal of tax dedu...
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