John Kirby dodges question on whether draining strategic oil reserves hurts national security
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The National Security Council's John Kirby wouldn't say whether President Biden’s repeated tapping into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve threatens national security.
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Kirby said that was a question for someone else.
"I think I would refer to the president's energy advisers on something like that, Peter," he said. "I don't know what the inventory is, but I do remind, and I think you know this, the president did tap into the strategic oil reserves to try to relieve some of the pressure at the pump, and he'll use a range of tools available to him going forward. I think that's about the best I can do on that.
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