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A CSIS Energy and National Security Program event with Royal Dutch Shell CEO Jeroen van der Veer was quoted by the Washington Post, "Familiar Back and Forth with Oil Executives."
It's becoming a rite of spring. Gasoline prices climb. Members of Congress fume. And oil executives make the trek to Capitol Hill to do battle over who's to blame.
Facing unhappy members of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, executives from five giant oil companies yesterday sought to portray their firms as part of the energy solution, not the energy problem. And they put part of the blame for high oil prices on the federal government, lamenting obstacles to offshore drilling.
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