Carey, this is from washington journal. Host brian scheid is with us. Energy week, energy dominance, which is not Energy Independence, the term we heard often in the but energy dominance. , but energy dominance. Gy what does that mean for the future of u. S. Energy policy . Whats the change . Guest its an idea that has been talked about by every president since new nixon. The idea that we no longer have to rely on opec imports or be concerned of some sort of embargo or a blockade of crude coming into the u. S. An dea has become become of it antiquated. Were producing 9. 5 Million Barrels per day. Basically double what we were back then. We are also integrated with the rest of the world. This idea of Energy Independence morphed into this idea of energy security. We will be fine if there is a blockade. If the strait of hormuz is shut down, it wont have too much of an impact on the u. S. Oil and gas markets. The Trump Administration has shifted that a bit to talk about this idea of energy
Carey, this is from washington journal. Host brian scheid is with us. Energy week, energy dominance, which is not Energy Independence, the term we heard often in the but energy dominance. , but energy dominance. Gy what does that mean for the future of u. S. Energy policy . Whats the change . Guest its an idea that has been talked about by every president since new nixon. The idea that we no longer have to rely on opec imports or be concerned of some sort of embargo or a blockade of crude coming into the u. S. An dea has become become of it antiquated. Were producing 9. 5 Million Barrels per day. Basically double what we were back then. We are also integrated with the rest of the world. This idea of Energy Independence morphed into this idea of energy security. We will be fine if there is a blockade. If the strait of hormuz is shut down, it wont have too much of an impact on the u. S. Oil and gas markets. The Trump Administration has shifted that a bit to talk about this idea of energy
Now. On these talks, senior diplomat, rick, somebody speaking on the north korean side, back channel talks they tell us continue to take place. Surprising encouraging anything we should take away from that. It is not surprising. It is encouraging. Weve had sixparty tax going on a long time. Weve been trying to talk to the North Koreans. I think the bigger diplomatic talks are with china. They hold all the keys. Were making progress although there needs to be more action. One of the problems, connell, the chinese who are supposed to implement past sanctions and new sanctions, they havent done a good job of implementing those sanctions even though they raise their hand inside of the Security Council to go along with that we need to pressure china and watch. With have the program, the psi, which is in japan, south korea and United States and others. We watch all of the ships and flights going in and out of north korea. We have stop. We have authority through the Security Council, stop, bo
President obama should make it utterly clear that iran is not immune from military strikes and that the United States has the capabilities to severely set back Irans Nuclear program because we do. Unfortunately, this president s promises of military action have rung hollow since he blinked and refused to enforce his own red line against syria in 2013. Thus it may be up to the congress to restore the credible threat of force against iran. And congress can do that not only by imposing new sanctions, but also by offering to transfer advanced weapons like surplus been52 bombers and 30,000 pound bunkerbusting bombs to israel. Perhaps israel already has the capabilities to retard Irans Nuclear program. I leave that assessment in the hands of the government of israel. But a congressional offer whether or not accepted, can remove any doubts in the minds of irans ayatollahs. Finally, our pole should make our policy should make clear theres only one acceptable outcome; complete disarmament by ir
That it was giving too much power to the president. Do you agree with that . What is your view of this . I have mixed feelings. Youre talking about the authority that is given for the trade agreements. And what is the tpa, the actual acronym trade promotional authority. Trade promotional authority. There is an argument to be made by some on the separation of powers that by giving this authority to the president that youve taken power that should be the congress. There is also i guess, another argument that these are really treaties and they ought to be actually done as treaties and theyre not, theyre done by simple majority. But im also a big believer in free trade, i think free trade is a good thing. So there have been libertarians or libertarian conservatives, my father included who voted against some of the trade deals because they felt like they gave up sovereignty to international bodies. I think it is a valid point. I have voted for the trade deals, though because like a lot of t