Dr. Ben Carson, a pediatric surgeon-turned-politician, emerged as a major conservative darling on Saturday in Iowa by harping on the Obama administration's immigraton and health care policy – and saying a new approach to energy could put Russian Presdient Vladimir Putin 'back in his little box.' The long-shot potential White House hopeful drew the biggest ovations by far at the morning session of the Iowa Freedom Summit, as GOP presidential hopefuls jockeyed for position. 'We need to use our natural resources' to generate a new economic recovery, Carson said. 'We're the number one producer of oil now, on 3 per cent of the land! The federal governmnt has no business owning all this land. This is craziness!'
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America should drill for more oil and gas, and sell public lands to do it, said the African-American presidential long-shot with a cult-like following
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'The federal governmnt has no business owning all this land,' Carson said' 'This is craziness!'
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The lower oil prices go, the more Russia, Iran and Venezuela falter
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Former UN Anmassador John Bolton said 'the Russians live hand to mouth with their oil revenues'
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Carson and Bolton are part of a Saturday GOP cattle-call in Iowa, organized by hometown conservative Republican Rep. Steve King
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