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BP Capitol foundrer T. Boone Pickens speaks during a debate on US energy policy with CNN founder and Ted Turner Enterprises chairman Ted Turner at the National Press Club in Washington ,DC on April 19, 2011.
Friday, Jul. 22, 2011

Open quoteI'm focused on America. And I'm for a plan for us, to get us off of the OPEC oil.Close quote

  • T. BOONE PICKENS,
  • billionaire financier, defending potential legislation that would give tax breaks to companies that invest in natural gas, which has angered many in the oil industry
Photo: Nicholas Kamm / AFP / Getty Images | Source: Politico