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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. (Chuck Burton/AP)
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Canada’s Keystone Kops turn easy win on pipeline into monumental bust
Konrad Yakabuski
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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.