Iraqi oil sparks political sour note

Mr. President, said Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., I am deeply concerned by the apparent lack of a clear and consistent U.S. policy on the entering into of oil deals in Iraq in the absence of Iraqi national hydrocarbon legislation. Unfortunately, that legislation, which would ensure equitable distribution of oil revenues among the Iraqi people and enable increased oil production and long-term foreign investment, remains stalled in the Iraqi Council of Representatives

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