Canada's Ambassador to the U.S. Gary Doer, at right, spoke of the Keystone Pipeline at Kansas City energy forum
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Route of proposed 650 mile pipeline through Missouri.
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Missouri Governor Jay Nixon, at podium, lauding proposed Canadian oil pipeline through the State. Canadian Consul General, Gitane De Silva is seated at far left during Kansas City forum
Missouri’s Governor used a forum sponsored by the American Petroleum Institute to promote a pipeline planned to traverse the state to carry Canadian crude oil.
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