event announcement for february 29th, 2012
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The Open Fuel Standard Act
Gen. Wesley K. Clark joined Growth Energy as co-chairman in January 2009. He graduated first in his class at
West Point and retired as a four-star general after 38 years in the U.S. Army. General Clark commanded at thebattalion, brigade and division level, and served in a number of significant staff positions. He finished his career
as NATO commander and Supreme Allied Commander Europe where he led NATO forces to victory in Opera-
tion Allied Force, saving 1.5 million Albanians from ethnic cleansing.
R. James Woolsey is Chairman of Woolsey Partners LLC. He is also a Senior Fellow at Yale University's Jackson
Institute for Global Affairs. Mr. Woolsey currently chairs the Strategic Advisory Group of the Washington, D.C.
private equity fund, Paladin Capital Group, and he is of Counsel to the Washington, D.C. office of the Boston-
based law firm, Goodwin Procter. In the above capacities he specializes in a range of alternative energy and se-
curity issues.
The Open Fuel Standard (H.R. 1687, S. 1603) will open the fuel market to non-
petroleum alternatives, introducing a competitive constraint on the price of oil. This will
stimulate economic recovery and protect the United States from OPEC's arbitrary and
self-serving oil prices. By making it possible for American cars to run on alcohol and
alternative fuels that are producible from American resources, the Open Fuel Standard
will free the nation of its perilous dependency on foreign oil.
Once the OFS is in effect, hundreds of billions of dollars will remain here at home,
contributing to American businesses and workers, stimulating job growth while slashing
our deficit.
The OFS will create a truly free market in vehicle fuels.
Together we can create a stable environment for job growth and
liberate ourselves from foreign oil.
In support of : Open Fuel Standard Ac t (H.R. 1687, S. 1603)
Event speakers:
Frank Gaffney is the Founder and President of the Center for Security Policy in Washington, D.C. The Center isa not-for-profit, non-partisan educational corporation established in 1988. Under Mr. Gaffney's leadership, theCenter has been nationally and internationally recognized as a resource for timely, informed and penetratinganalyses of foreign and defense policy matters.
Mr. Gaffney was nominated by President Reagan to become the Assistant Secretary of Defense for InternationalSecurity Policy, the senior position in the Defense Department with responsibility for policies involving nuclear
forces, arms control and U.S.-European defense relations.
General Wesley Clark, Former Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
Frank Gaffney, Founder and President of the Center for Security
R. James Woolsey, Former Director of Central Intelligence Agency,
Chairman of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies
Location:2168 Rayburn House OfficeBuilding, the Gold Room
Date: Wednesday,February 29, 2012
Time: 1:00 to 2:30 p.m.
Contact person:Kellie Dunlap
Phone: 303-339-7932
Related Links:
http://www.usesc.org/
energy_security/index.php
http://americansforenergy.us/
http://energyvictory.net/
www.openfuelstandard.org
Opening the Fuel Market : A Key t o Ec onomic Rec over y
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Dr. Robert Zubrin is president of Pioneer Astronautics, an aerospace R&D engineering firm. For many years he
worked as a senior engineer for Lockheed Martin. He holds a doctorate in nuclear engineering, and has nine US
patents granted or pending. He has authored several books on space exploration and energy policy, and is a
frequent commentator on these matters in magazine articles, newspaper op-eds, and on the internet.
Dr. Robert Zubrin, President of Pioneer Astronautics, Author of Energy Victory: Winning the War on
Terrorism by Breaking Free of Oil
The Consequences of High Oil Prices
on the US Unemployment Rate
(Note how shortly after each spike in oil prices the US unemployment rate increases as a result)
The Open Fuel Standard Act
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