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White House seeks more Cabinet input on Keystone XL pipeline

By Tim Mak

Published February 2, 2014 5:00am ET

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White House seeks more Cabinet input on Keystone XL pipeline — Some of about 500 miles worth of coated steel pipe manufactured by Welspun Pipes, Inc., originally for the Keystone oil pipeline, is stored in Little Rock, Ark. (AP/Danny Johnston) | Danny Johnston

After the State Department issued a report concluding the Keystone XL pipeline would not significantly worsen greenhouse gas emissions, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough said that the White House wanted other departments to weigh in before the president would make a decision on whether to approve the controversial project.

The president wants to “insulate this process from politics,” McDonough said Sunday on NBC‘s “Meet the Press.”

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