Vitter Challenges Obama Administration on the Number of Oil Drilling Permits

By Kevin Mooney
03/17/2011
Sen. David Vitter has called out top Obama Administration officials for misleading the public and members of Congress on the actual number of offshore oil drilling permits. A recent motion from the Department of Justice includes numbers that tell a much different story than what has been communicated in congressional testimony.

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