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Obama visits Poet ethanol plant in Missouri
President Barak Obama took a tour of the Poet Biorefinery ethanol plant in north central Missouri Wednesday as part of his “White House to Main Street Tour” through three Midwest states this week. The president said his policy priorities include growing renewable fuels like ethanol to replace the country’s dependence on foreign oil. “I have said before that I don’t accept second place for the United States of America. I want us to be first in wind power, first in solar power, and I want us to be first when it comes to biodiesel and the technologies that are being developed in places like Poet,” says Obama.
The President was joined by Ag Secretary Vilsack, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon and other dignitaries at the Poet plant that was Missouri’s first and will be celebrating its 10th year in Macon next week.
Obama wrapped up his tour through Iowa, Missouri and Illinois at the Oakley Lindsay Civic Center in Quincy, Illinois.
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