Obama and Romney get heated on oil permits

The debate gets off to a fiery start

Published October 17, 2012 1:55AM (EDT)

Early on in the second debate, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney got very heated about energy policy, particularly how Obama dealt with drilling permits over the last four years:

Via TPM.


By Jillian Rayfield

Jillian Rayfield is an Assistant News Editor for Salon, focusing on politics. Follow her on Twitter at @jillrayfield or email her at jrayfield@salon.com.

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