Salazar: Cuban offshore drilling 'issue of concern'

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Thursday that the United States is closely monitoring plans by the Cuban government to green-light oil drilling in Gulf of Mexico waters. “For us it is an issue of concern. We’re watching it closely,” Salazar told reporters Thursday. “It’s an issue that we’re monitoring carefully.” Spanish oil company Repsol and other companies are hoping to secure approval from the Cuban government to drill off the country’s shores in the coming months. While the Obama administration has touted its efforts to work with Mexico to ensure a common safety standard for drilling in the Gulf, the extent to which administration officials are working with Cuba on the issue is unclear. Salazar, in remarks Tuesday, added that the Interior Department is working with the State Department to ensure that any drilling off Cuba’s coastline, which is just 60 miles from the tip of Florida, is safe...more

Even the Commies are more pro-drilling than Obama.