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America needs a "new realism" in its foreign policy and a concerted push for energy independence to safeguard national security, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, a former U.N. ambassador, said Saturday.

Richardson, the nation's only Hispanic governor, is seeking re-election this year and is considered a possible presidential candidate in 2008. He was a U.N. ambassador and energy secretary during the Clinton administration.

Am I the only one who sees the total hypocrisy in this idiot's statements.

[depressed in 06]

As an employee of a government funded energy program that saw Reagan and Bush 41 try to kill while being saved by the Bolshecrats, it took Clinton 2 years to do what they couldn't. There were no energy programs after that, everything went to the Arabs. We went from something like 40% to 60% dependent during Clinton.