We're en route from Ecuador to Alaska.  Here are relevant Consumer Energy Alliance clips Townhall: The Russian Bear and the American Pipeline *Michael Whatley Op-Ed If there were any doubt about the importance of pipelines to national security, it ought to have been erased by recent events in Crimea and Ukraine as the Russian Bear has pawed away the former from the latter. Europe is vulnerable because 16% of its natural gas comes through Ukraine. It is a powerful reminder of why the Keystone XL Pipeline is critical to our own national security. [...]