In an effort to breathe life into his energy proposal, Governor Ed Rendell links it to national security.

"Linking the war in Iraq to the nation's reliance on foreign oil, Gov. Rendell yesterday made an urgent pitch to the legislature to pass his sweeping, but embattled, alternative-energy plan...Whether the broader themes of national security and energy independence that Rendell touched on yesterday will bring along lawmakers who have already fought him on this issue once - bringing government to the brink of a shutdown - remains a question mark." 

The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 25, 2007

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/politics/pa/20070925_Rendell_links_energy_plan_with_defense.html

Submitted by J. Dilley