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Keystone XL: Barack Obama

Barack Obama: WASHINGTON - U.S. President Barack Obama's latest public comments on TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline have highlighted the wildly divergent job estimates associated with the project while raising concerns among American proponents that he's preparing to reject it. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. But a U.S. Chamber of Commerce official said Tuesday that Obama's public comments about the pipeline over the past few weeks suggest he might be setting the stage to delay a decision on Keystone XL even further. President Barack Obama reacts to a reporters question about the Palestinian and Israeli peace talks as he walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 30, 2013, for Andrews Air Force Base, Md., prior to traveling to Chattanooga, Tenn. to speak about middle class policy speech at a Amazon fulfillment center. AP Photo/Evan Vucci The White House hasn't responded to queries about where the president got his paltry estimate of 2,000 potential jobs during a recent interview with the New York Times. A spokesman said simply that Obama's remarks prove he is trying to "drain the politics" from the Keystone XL debate. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.