https://hotair.com/erika-johnsen/2014/01/17/kerry-to-canada-on-keystone-xl-well-do-all-the-consultation-we-feel-like-thank-you-very-much/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 11:56:26 -0400<![CDATA[Like I said the other day, nobody on either side of the fight is going to oblige the Obama administration&#8217;s interminable dithering on the Keystone XL pipeline by finally backing off the politically contentious issue and letting it fade into the background of bureaucratic purgatory &#8212; not Congress, not the oil and gas industry, not the eco-radicals, and certainly not Canada &#8212; so why not just man up and make the tough decision already, either way, and have it out? It was about this time last year that Kerry was blithely assuring Canadian officials that they would have a decision ready in the conveniently vague &#8220;near term,&#8221; but nearly twelve months later, I think the Canadians are starting to get the creeping feeling that they really might try to keep pushing their egregiously protracted review process past this year&#8217;s midterms. Not having it:]]>Fri, 17 Jan 2014 16:51:35 -0500<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/erika-johnsen/2014/01/17/kerry-to-canada-on-keystone-xl-well-do-all-the-consultation-we-feel-like-thank-you-very-much-n187032