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Bloomberg - President Barack Obama traveled to Oklahoma -- the heart of Republican territory -- to beat back criticism that his administration's energy policies are driving up gas prices, announcing an expedited review of a portion of a controversial oil pipeline.

The expedited review is unlikely to affect the project's timeline. As Bloomberg News reports, the southern leg of TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline is scheduled to begin construction as early as June and company officials say the quicker review is unlikely to affect that timeline.

Is this energy policy or just plain politics in light of the elections in November?

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