[zandtar]

the U.S. Department of Energy was working to get America’s strategic petroleum reserve up to its full capacity of 700 million barrels

Remind me again (since the media won't), who decided to bring those levels down in a vote-getting scheme in the northeastern part of the US?

[ASA Vet]

I beleive you're thinking of a Chinese employee who had a fondness for sinks and cigars.

[ppaul]

Remind me again (since the media won't), who decided to bring those levels down in a vote-getting scheme in the northeastern part of the US?

You asked for it...