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With Keystone and Guantanamo, Obama moves to secure his place in history

With Keystone and Guantanamo, Obama moves to secure his place in history

WASHINGTON – A frenzy of orders emanating from the White House has political pundits theorizing that President Barack Obama, currently entering his last lap as America's commander-in-chief, is shifting his focus from governing to securing his place in the history books. The latest move occurred last week when the president officially rejected the Keystone XL pipeline project, a plan that called for building a 1,179-mile pipeline from Canada to Nebraska in order to move crude oil from Alberta on

WASHINGTON – A frenzy of orders emanating from the White House has political pundits theorizing that President Barack Obama, currently entering his last lap as America's commander-in-chief, is shifting his focus from governing to securing his place in the history books. The latest move occurred last week when the president officially rejected the Keystone XL pipeline project, a plan that called for building a 1,179-mile pipeline from Canada to Nebraska in order to move crude oil from Alberta on…

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