Lt. Cmdr. Scott Bennie: Is energy independence a poor military strategy?

President Barack Obama's administration continues to work toward his goal of U.S. energy independence by 2018. Meeting that goal may be good policy, but it may ...

Lt. Cmdr. Scott Bennie, Navy Reserve

President Barack Obama's administration continues to work toward his goal of U.S. energy independence by 2018. Meeting that goal may be good policy, but it may not be good military strategy. Lt. Cmdr. Scott Bennie of the Navy Reserve joined In Depth with Francis Rose on Pentagon Solutions. He explained the strategy problem in a piece for the U.S. Naval Institute. His views are his own and not the views of the Navy or the Naval Institute. He said walking away from our relationships with oil producing countries could leave us in a precarious situation militarily.

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