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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to workers and guests at the Linamar plant in Arden, N.C., Feb. 13, 2013, the day after delivering his State of the Union address.
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to workers and guests at the Linamar plant in Arden, N.C., Feb. 13, 2013, the day after delivering his State of the Union address.
(Chuck Burton/AP)

Konrad Yakabuski

Canada’s Keystone Kops turn easy win on pipeline into monumental bust

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The White House may not have known it, but when President Barack Obama visited a North Carolina plant owned by Canada’s Linamar last month, he was making a case for the Keystone XL pipeline.