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Gold9472
11-19-2011, 07:35 PM
Young: Oil funds used in terror
Rep. Don Young is using terrorism in his argument for opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling.

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/11/19/1912456/young-oil-funds-used-in-terror.html

The Associated Press
Published: 11/19/11 1:48 am | Updated: 11/19/11 1:48 am

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Don Young is using terrorism in his argument for opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling.

At a hearing in Washington Friday, Young said the time for opening ANWR is long overdue. He said $4 trillion has gone overseas since 1995, when President Clinton vetoed legislation that would have allowed for drilling. He said that's money that could have helped balance the federal budget but instead he said it has "financed tremendous activity overseas against us, actually created the, uh, 9/11."

Young's spokesman said Young was referring to money spent on oil from countries overseas that use those same funds to support terrorist activities.