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As the US teeters on the brink of war in the Middle East, the US must look to other sources for oil supplies, namely Russia and the Caspian Basin, to ensure energy security, according to Conrad Burns, a US senator from Montana.
Speaking at the Heritage Foundation on Thursday, Burns, a Republican, said the US must look away from the "rogue oil" of the Middle East.
"Every dollar we spend of Middle East oil, we are really dealing in rogue oil. Money that goes to build weapons of mass destruction and also the fuel those terrorist groups that need money to operate around the world," Burns said. "We don't have to look to the Middle East, because the reserves in the Caspian Basin could be as large as what...