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In May 2009, four months into the Obama presidency, retail gasoline prices averaged $2.32 per gallon. Rep. Charles Boustany (R-LA) wrote Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner to express concern about the impact that the Administration’s budgeted changes in tax policy would have on the oil and gas industry. Secretary Geithner clearly laid out the Administration position in his letter of response (pdf link). That was then, this is now. In just three years’ time, retail gasoline prices are up 68%. $4.00+ gasoline prices loom as a key reelection vulnerability for the President; in response, the Administration’s rhetoric has shifted to “energy...

Sharansky Says Bush Will Try to Discourage Olmert on Withdrawals 19:58 May 18, '06 / 20 Iyar 5766 (IsraelNN.com) Knesset member Natan Sharansky said on a radio program Thursday night that American President George W. Bush will try to discourage Prime Minister Ehud Olmert from pushing his plan for more destruction of Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria. The Prime Minister is to fly to Washington next week. Speaking on the Voice of Israel program "From the Left and From the Right," the former Prisoner of Zion explained that the timing of the Olmert's policy is very unfavorable for the...