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Be a Dolly and Cancel My Trip, Will You?
Hurricane Dolly cancels McCain's trip to offshore oil rig |
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24 Jul 2008 |
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| Posted at 6:57 AM on 24 Jul 2008 John McCain had planned to visit an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday to tout offshore drilling and the industry's environmental friendliness, but Hurricane Dolly canceled his plans. Dolly hit land in Texas Wednesday as a Category 2 storm, cutting oil and gas production by some 5 to 8 percent overall. McCain and other Republicans have been pushing to allow ... |
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| Topics: elections, energy, John McCain, news, oil and gas drilling, politics, presidential race 08, severe weather (all these topics) |
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