National Security
South Carolina is home to numerous military installations from which men and women right now are deployed in defense of our country around the globe.
Many of them are deployed in regions from which we are importing an increasing amount of our energy. This puts these Americans — and our national security — at risk.
Many of the foreign partners from whom we current purchase our energy don’t share America’s national, economic or security interests. Unfortunately, we’re relying more and more on these partners to supply us with energy.
In fact, in 2010 the United States spent $72 billion more on imported oil than we did in 2009,
We can continue to put our national security at risk by relying on these foreign sources of energy — or we can tap the vast array of energy resources that lie under our feet and off America’s shores.
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