Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100401:02:34:00
Resources and the need to protect america's natural resources. >> you heard right, mr. obama unveiled plans to open large areas to oil and gas drilling. the plan is to lift a 20 year ban off the virginia coastline and big expanse in the gulf of mexico and parts of the african ocean. how does that stack up with the promise the president made before he was elected. tom foreman looks back. >> reporter: the presidents plan to open vast new coastal waters for oil and gas exploration in much of the east and south and far north, too, brought immediate fire, even as he insists it fits his strategy to ...
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