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The Keystone Pipeline has the President caught in the middle.

Hello again, I'm Roman Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

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President Obama has promised he'll make the final decision on whether oil from Canadian tar sands can be piped to the U.S. Gulf Coast for refining an export.

One top scientist says the project's increased carbon emissions will mean game over for climate change.

The Sierra Club has resorted to civil disobedience. But the State Department

says if there's no cross-border pipeline, Canada will find other means of transportation,

so Keystone won't matter. The oil industry is touting energy from a friendly neighbor. Organized labor

sees thousands of jobs. We'll look at the president's options. On the Porter's notebook later on, the terror courts at Guantanamo Bay. First, the news.

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Program Fund. Hello again, Warren Alney back with To the Point.

The White House found a way to delay a decision until after the president's re-election.

But the pressure is now on to say yes or no to the Keystone Oil Pipeline from Canada.

Either way, he'll please one element of his base while offending another.

We'll look at the options and what they could mean for his legacy on energy and the environment. On reporter's notebook, a reporter finds that

military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay have violated the principles of American law and humanitarian

values. First, this news update, as we speak, the stock markets haven't yet closed today, but this

morning, the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 149 points to 14,277 surpassing the record it said

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