Gov. Bob McDonnell blasted President Obama Tuesday for slowing down efforts to expand offshore drilling and for instituting environmental regulations he said prevent Virginia from creating jobs and taking the lead in energy production nationwide.

Speaking at the Southern States Energy Board Governors Energy Summit in Alexandria, McDonnell said the commonwealth and the nation need to take an all-of-the-above approach to energy production to ween the country off of foreign oil. That includes alternative green energy solutions, he said, though it was not part of this discussion.