White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel (R) and Press Secretary Robert Gibbs listen as US President Barack Obama speaks during a press conference June 22, 2009 in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Obama said Tuesday that landmark legislation before Congress pushing for clean energy will enable the country to spearhead the 21st century global economy. Noting that the House of Representatives was moving ahead on "historic" legislation that will transform the way the United States produced and used energy, he said it would "finally spark a clean energy transformation" reducing dependence on foreign oil and battling carbon pollution. Getty Images logo Getty Images 5 months ago

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel (R) and Press Secretary Robert Gibbs listen as US President Barack Obama speaks during a press conference June 22, 2009 in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Obama said Tuesday that landmark legislation before Congress pushing for clean energy will enable the country to spearhead the 21st century global economy. Noting that the House of Representatives was moving ahead on "historic" legislation that will transform the way the United States produced and used energy, he said it would "finally spark a clean energy transformation" reducing dependence on foreign oil and battling carbon pollution.

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