“In his [January 23] 2007 State of the Union address, [President] Bush explained, ‘For too long, our nation has been dependent on foreign oil. And this dependence leaves us more vulnerable to hostile regimes and to terrorists who could cause huge disruptions of oil shipments and raise the price of oil and do great harm to our economy.’ “
– Julian E. Zelizer, ed., The Presidency of George W. Bush, Page 139