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| June 20, 2008 Obama criticizes McCain on offshore drilling
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Barack Obama says that presidential
rival John McCain's proposal to allow offshore drilling will not
lower gas prices for families "this year, next year, five years
from now."
Obama said Friday opening up the U.S. coastline to oil
exploration would not give Americans any appreciable savings until
2030, and that he would keep in place the federal government's
27-year moratorium on offshore drilling.
The Democrat also criticized McCain on changing his position on
drilling offshore. In McCain's 2000 campaign, the Republican said
he favored the moratorium. This week, he said he supports lifting
it to give states the option to drill.
Obama said, "We can't drill our way out of the problems we're
facing."
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