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The U.S. now imports over half of its oil supply from the Middle East. This dangerous dependence on foreign energy sources is an issue of national security.

Our national security is at risk when we rely on foreign oil to keep our economy moving forward.

Our Strategic Petroleum Reserve is there for a natural disaster or some other catastrophe.

Despite the previous efforts of Congresses, our addiction to foreign oil, as the President stated, is greater today than ever before. That dependency is a threat to our national security, and we must address that threat.

Right now too much American time and resources are spent dealing with situations caused by our dependence on oil that we import from unstable countries.

It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas.

We need to face it, as a nation we have a reliance on petroleum.

It is important that the United States move with all deliberate speed to develop and get into usage alternative fuels that will allow us to end our dependence on foreign oil.

People understand we have a dependence upon foreign oil. What they do not understand and find incredibly ridiculous is that we import refined product just making us more dependent on the industry.

One of our priorities should be to reduce our dependence on foreign oil.